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Crisis in Brazil | The Bullet No. 1249

20 Wednesday Apr 2016

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Since the 1980s, Brazil’s Workers’ Party has been one of the largest political parties of the left in Latin America. It has held power at the federal level in Brazil, in coalition with other parties, since January 2003, and figured prominently as one of the central representatives of the ‘pink tide’ running against neoliberalism in Latin America. But just as the pink tide has been fracturing, from internal challenges in some cases and electoral reaction in others, a deep institutional crisis is consuming the PT government of Dilma Rousseff and, indeed, exposing political rot across the state institutions.

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 collections of Direct , Indirect Tax Revenues 

07 Thursday Apr 2016

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The aggregate Budget Estimates (BE) for total Direct and Indirect Tax Revenues for FY 2015-16 was Rs 14.45 Lakh Crore which was revised to Rs 14.55 Lakh Crore (RE). The actual collection (provisional) is Rs 14.60 Lakh Crore. The total collection has exceeded the RE and represents a growth of 17.6% compared to the last financial year.

The Indirect Tax revenue (provisional) collections stand at Rs 7.11 Lakh Crore and has exceeded the BE and RE by Rs 65,618 Crore and Rs 9,885 Crore respectively. This represents a robust growth of 31.1% over revenue receipts in 2014-15.

The Direct Tax revenue collections (prov.) stand at Rs 7.48 Lakh crore which is only slightly lower than the RE of Rs 7.52 Lakh Crore. This represents a growth of 7.61% over the receipts in 2014-15.

Article: Social Democracy in Venezuela, Latin America, and the World | OpEdNews

22 Tuesday Mar 2016

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Having just returned from Venezuela, this article describes the current situation in Venezuela still identified as a ‘threat’ by the Obama administration. It speaks of the socialist projects currently going on, of the relationship with Simon Bolivar and with the struggles for freedom and justice throughout Latin America. It links this struggle to our need to unite the Earth under the Earth Constitution.

Source: Article: Social Democracy in Venezuela, Latin America, and the World | OpEdNews

Podemos and the Crisis of the Spanish State | The Bullet No. 1235

21 Monday Mar 2016

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It’s impossible to understand Podemos without grasping the many-sided crisis of Spanish society and the Spanish state. Podemos expresses the anger and hatred toward the Spanish and European establishment felt by millions of people – especially the young – and a deep desire for a radical overhaul of economy, society and state institutions.

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Consumer Price Index Numbers on Base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban and Combined for the Month of February 2016

15 Tuesday Mar 2016

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The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has revised the Base Year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010=100 to 2012=100 with effect from the release of indices for the month of January 2015.

  1. In this press note, the CPI (Rural, Urban, Combined) on Base 2012=100 is being released for the month of February 2016. In addition to this, Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for all India Rural, Urban and Combined are also being released for February 2016. Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. February 2016 over February 2015), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

Inflation rates based on CPI (General) and CFPI

Indices  February 2016 (Prov.) January 2016 (Final) February 2015 (Final)
Rural Urban Combd. Rural Urban Combd. Rural Urban Combd.
CPI (General) 5.97 4.30 5.18 6.48 4.81 5.69 5.79 4.95 5.37
CFPI 5.96 4.23 5.30 6.93 6.50 6.85 6.43 7.52 6.88

Note: Prov.  – Provisional, Combd. – Combined

  1. Provisional indices for the month of February 2016 and also the final indices for January 2016 are being released with this note for all-India and for State/UTs. All-India provisional General (all- groups), Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for February 2016 for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure I. The General Indices (Provisional) for the month of February 2016 for Rural, Urban and Combined are 127.8, 123.8 and 125.9 respectively.  The CFPI for Rural, Urban and Combined for the same month are 129.8, 128.2 and 129.2 respectively. The inflation rates of important categories of items are given in Annexure II.
  2. State/UT-wise General provisional CPI numbers for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure III. Inflation rates of major States, having population more than 50 lakhs as per population Census 2011, are given in Annexure IV. State/UT–wise Group CPIs are available on the Ministry’s website (www.mospi.gov.in).
  3. Price data are collected from selected towns by the Field Operations Division of NSSO and from selected villages by the Department of Posts. Price data are received through web portals, maintained by the National Informatics Centre.

Next date of release:  12th April 2016 (Tuesday) for March 2016                    

 

Annexure I

All India Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code Sub-group Code Description Rural Urban Combined
Weights Jan. 16 Index
(Final)		 Feb. 16 Index
(Prov.)		 Weights Jan. 16 Index
(Final)		 Feb. 16 Index
(Prov.)		 Weights Jan. 16 Index
(Final)		 Feb. 16 Index
(Prov.)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1.1.01 Cereals and products 12.35 126.8 127.2 6.59 124.7 124.8 9.67 126.1 126.4
1.1.02 Meat and fish 4.38 133.2 133.7 2.73 135.9 135.2 3.61 134.1 134.2
1.1.03 Egg 0.49 126.5 127.5 0.36 132.0 130.4 0.43 128.6 128.6
1.1.04 Milk and products 7.72 130.3 130.7 5.33 129.2 129.6 6.61 129.9 130.3
1.1.05 Oils and fats 4.21 118.9 118.4 2.81 109.7 108.4 3.56 115.5 114.7
1.1.06 Fruits 2.88 131.6 130.4 2.90 119.0 118.6 2.89 125.7 124.9
1.1.07 Vegetables 7.46 140.1 130.9 4.41 144.1 129.2 6.04 141.5 130.3
1.1.08 Pulses and products 2.95 163.8 162.6 1.73 184.2 176.3 2.38 170.7 167.2
1.1.09 Sugar and Confectionery 1.70 97.7 98.7 0.97 96.7 99.1 1.36 97.4 98.8
1.1.10 Spices 3.11 129.6 130.6 1.79 139.5 139.7 2.50 132.9 133.6
1.2.11 Non-alcoholic beverages 1.37 124.3 124.8 1.13 120.5 120.6 1.26 122.7 123.0
1.1.12 Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc. 5.56 135.9 136.5 5.54 134.7 135.2 5.55 135.3 135.9
1   Food and beverages 54.18 131.4 130.3 36.29 131.2 129.1 45.86 131.3 129.9
2   Pan, tobacco and intoxicants 3.26 133.6 134.2 1.36 139.5 140.0 2.38 135.2 135.7
3.1.01 Clothing 6.32 133.2 133.9 4.72 125.8 126.2 5.58 130.3 130.9
3.1.02 Footwear 1.04 128.9 129.7 0.85 119.8 120.1 0.95 125.1 125.7
3   Clothing and footwear 7.36 132.6 133.3 5.57 124.9 125.3 6.53 129.5 130.1
4   Housing – – – 21.67 123.4 124.4 10.07 123.4 124.4
5   Fuel and light 7.94 126.2 127.4 5.58 116.9 116.0 6.84 122.7 123.1
6.1.01 Household goods and services 3.75 126.6 127.2 3.87 121.6 121.8 3.80 124.2 124.6
6.1.02 Health 6.83 123.7 124.2 4.81 119.1 119.5 5.89 122.0 122.4
6.1.03 Transport and communication 7.60 113.6 113.7 9.73 108.9 109.1 8.59 111.1 111.3
6.1.04 Recreation and amusement 1.37 121.4 122.2 2.04 118.5 118.8 1.68 119.8 120.3
6.1.05 Education 3.46 126.2 127.0 5.62 126.4 126.3 4.46 126.3 126.6
6.1.06 Personal care and effects 4.25 114.9 116.7 3.47 114.0 116.2 3.89 114.5 116.5
6   Miscellaneous 27.26 120.1 120.8 29.53 116.8 117.2 28.32 118.5 119.1
General Index (All Groups) 100.00 128.1 127.8 100.00 124.2 123.8 100.00 126.3 125.9
Consumer Food Price Index 47.25 131.1 129.8 29.62 131.0 128.2 39.06 131.1 129.2

Notes:

  1. Prov.        : Provisional.
  2. –               : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.
  3. The weights are indicative to show relative importance of groups and sub-groups. However, all India indices have been compiled as weighted average of State indices.

 

Annexure II

All India annual inflation rates (%) for February 2016 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code Sub-group Code Description Rural Urban Combined
Feb. 15 Index
(Final)		 Feb. 16

Index
(Prov.)

 InflationRate
(%)		 Feb. 15 Index
(Final)		 Feb. 16

Index
(Prov.)

 InflationRate
(%)		 Feb. 15 Index
(Final)		 Feb. 16

Index
(Prov.)

 InflationRate
(%)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1.1.01 Cereals and products 123.4 127.2 3.08 124.3 124.8 0.40 123.7 126.4 2.18
1.1.02 Meat and fish 124.4 133.7 7.48 126.5 135.2 6.88 125.1 134.2 7.27
1.1.03 Egg 122.1 127.5 4.42 119.5 130.4 9.12 121.1 128.6 6.19
1.1.04 Milk and products 125.8 130.7 3.90 125.6 129.6 3.18 125.7 130.3 3.66
1.1.05 Oils and fats 111.5 118.4 6.19 104.9 108.4 3.34 109.1 114.7 5.13
1.1.06 Fruits 129.4 130.4 0.77 121.6 118.6 -2.47 125.8 124.9 -0.72
1.1.07 Vegetables 128.2 130.9 2.11 131.8 129.2 -1.97 129.4 130.3 0.70
1.1.08 Pulses and products 118.8 162.6 36.87 125.1 176.3 40.93 120.9 167.2 38.30
1.1.09 Sugar and Confectionery 100.0 98.7 -1.30 95.0 99.1 4.32 98.3 98.8 0.51
1.1.10 Spices 118.6 130.6 10.12 127.7 139.7 9.40 121.6 133.6 9.87
1.2.11 Non-alcoholic beverages 118.8 124.8 5.05 116.8 120.6 3.25 118.0 123.0 4.24
1.1.12 Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc. 126.8 136.5 7.65 128.6 135.2 5.13 127.6 135.9 6.50
1 Food and beverages 122.8 130.3 6.11 123.7 129.1 4.37 123.1 129.9 5.52
2 Pan, tobacco and intoxicants 124.2 134.2 8.05 128.1 140.0 9.29 125.2 135.7 8.39
3.1.01 Clothing 125.4 133.9 6.78 121.3 126.2 4.04 123.8 130.9 5.74
3.1.02 Footwear 122.7 129.7 5.70 116.5 120.1 3.09 120.1 125.7 4.66
3 Clothing and footwear 125.0 133.3 6.64 120.6 125.3 3.90 123.3 130.1 5.52
4 Housing – – – 118.1 124.4 5.33 118.1 124.4 5.33
5 Fuel and light 120.0 127.4 6.17 114.0 116.0 1.75 117.7 123.1 4.59
6.1.01 Household goods and services 119.6 127.2 6.35 117.7 121.8 3.48 118.7 124.6 4.97
6.1.02 Health 117.7 124.2 5.52 114.1 119.5 4.73 116.3 122.4 5.25
6.1.03 Transport and communication 110.9 113.7 2.52 106.8 109.1 2.15 108.7 111.3 2.39
6.1.04 Recreation and amusement 114.8 122.2 6.45 114.9 118.8 3.39 114.9 120.3 4.70
6.1.05 Education 118.7 127.0 6.99 120.4 126.3 4.90 119.7 126.6 5.76
6.1.06 Personal care and effects 110.8 116.7 5.32 111.7 116.2 4.03 111.2 116.5 4.77
6 Miscellaneous 115.0 120.8 5.04 113.2 117.2 3.53 114.1 119.1 4.38
General Index (All Groups) 120.6 127.8 5.97 118.7 123.8 4.30 119.7 125.9 5.18
Consumer Food Price Index 122.5 129.8 5.96 123.0 128.2 4.23 122.7 129.2 5.30                

 

Notes:

  1. Prov.       : Provisional.
  2. –               : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.

 

Annexure III

State/UT wise General Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code Name of the State/UT Rural Urban Combined
Weights Jan. 16 Index
(Final)		 Feb. 16 Index
(Prov.)		 Weights Jan. 16 Index
(Final)		 Feb. 16 Index
(Prov.)		 Weights Jan. 16 Index
(Final)		 Feb. 16 Index
(Prov.)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
01 Jammu & Kashmir 1.14 125.5 124.5 0.72 121.6 121.1 0.94 124.1 123.3
02 Himachal Pradesh 1.03 126.5 126.5 0.26 118.6 117.8 0.67 125.1 124.9
03 Punjab 3.31 122.3 122.2 3.09 121.7 121.1 3.21 122.0 121.7
04 Chandigarh 0.02 131.1 131.9 0.34 121.0 121.0 0.17 121.6 121.6
05 Uttarakhand 1.06 122.4 121.6 0.73 117.4 116.9 0.91 120.5 119.8
06 Haryana 3.30 123.7 123.8 3.35 120.1 120.2 3.32 122.0 122.1
07 Delhi 0.28 121.1 121.3 5.64 123.6 124.6 2.77 123.5 124.4
08 Rajasthan 6.63 128.7 128.9 4.23 124.4 124.1 5.51 127.2 127.2
09 Uttar Pradesh 14.83 125.9 126.0 9.54 124.4 123.5 12.37 125.4 125.1
10 Bihar 8.21 130.2 130.1 1.62 123.5 122.9 5.14 129.2 129.0
11 Sikkim 0.06 134.1 133.0 0.03 126.5 127.3 0.05 131.6 131.1
12 Arunachal Pradesh 0.14 133.0 134.7 0.06 — — 0.10 — —
13 Nagaland 0.14 134.6 137.2 0.12 124.5 124.9 0.13 130.3 132.0
14 Manipur 0.23 115.4 115.2 0.12 121.0 120.9 0.18 117.2 117.0
15 Mizoram 0.07 134.3 132.7 0.13 122.8 122.7 0.10 127.3 126.6
16 Tripura 0.35 132.8 132.9 0.14 132.2 131.3 0.25 132.6 132.5
17 Meghalaya 0.28 139.7 139.6 0.15 121.9 121.5 0.22 134.2 134.0
18 Assam 2.63 124.8 125.0 0.79 123.2 122.9 1.77 124.5 124.6
19 West Bengal 6.99 126.3 126.3 7.20 124.1 123.9 7.09 125.3 125.2
20 Jharkhand 1.96 129.2 129.6 1.39 122.1 121.5 1.69 126.5 126.5
21 Odisha 2.93 132.5 133.4 1.31 123.3 122.5 2.18 129.9 130.4
22 Chhattisgarh 1.68 136.4 135.6 1.22 123.1 122.1 1.46 131.3 130.4
23 Madhya Pradesh 4.93 126.3 126.0 3.97 123.9 123.0 4.48 125.3 124.8
24 Gujarat 4.54 128.6 128.6 6.82 120.7 120.8 5.60 124.1 124.2
25 Daman & Diu 0.02 143.1 144.7 0.02 125.6 125.1 0.02 135.8 136.5
26 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0.02 128.8 129.2 0.04 120.1 121.4 0.03 123.0 124.0
27 Maharashtra 8.25 128.4 127.1 18.86 120.9 120.7 13.18 123.4 122.8
28 Andhra Pradesh 5.40 133.2 132.5 3.64 128.4 127.2 4.58 131.4 130.5
29 Karnataka 5.09 132.5 132.1 6.81 131.2 130.3 5.89 131.8 131.1
30 Goa 0.14 135.9 135.7 0.25 124.4 123.9 0.19 128.9 128.5
31 Lakshadweep 0.01 128.8 129.6 0.01 115.4 114.2 0.01 122.0 121.7
32 Kerala 5.50 126.6 126.5 3.46 128.1 128.1 4.55 127.1 127.1
33 Tamil Nadu 5.55 129.7 128.5 9.20 128.7 127.4 7.25 129.1 127.9
34 Puducherry 0.08 136.8 136.2 0.27 127.8 126.7 0.17 130.1 129.1
35 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0.05 130.8 132.2 0.07 119.5 120.3 0.06 125.1 126.1
36 Telangana 3.16 126.4 125.8 4.41 126.7 125.5 3.74 126.6 125.6
99 All India 100.00 128.1 127.8 100.00 124.2 123.8 100.00 126.3 125.9

Notes:

  1. Prov.       :  Provisional.
  2. —             :  indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and therefore indices are not compiled.

 

 

Annexure IV

Major State/UT wise annual inflation rates (%) for February 2016 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code Name of the State/UT Rural Urban Combined
Feb. 15 Index
(Final)		 Feb. 16

Index
(Prov.)

 InflationRate
(%)		 Feb. 15 Index
(Final)		 Feb. 16

Index
(Prov.)

 InflationRate
(%)		 Feb. 15 Index
(Final)		 Feb. 16

Index
(Prov.)

 InflationRate
(%)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
01 Jammu & Kashmir 120.6 124.5 3.23 118.0 121.1 2.63 119.7 123.3 3.01
02 Himachal Pradesh 122.1 126.5 3.60 116.1 117.8 1.46 121.0 124.9 3.22
03 Punjab 118.8 122.2 2.86 118.1 121.1 2.54 118.5 121.7 2.70
05 Uttarakhand 117.8 121.6 3.23 113.2 116.9 3.27 116.1 119.8 3.19*
06 Haryana 118.3 123.8 4.65 116.0 120.2 3.62 117.2 122.1 4.18
07 Delhi 116.3 121.3 4.30 118.7 124.6 4.97 118.6 124.4 4.89
08 Rajasthan 122.4 128.9 5.31 117.7 124.1 5.44 120.7 127.2 5.39
09 Uttar Pradesh 119.4 126.0 5.53 118.5 123.5 4.22 119.1 125.1 5.04
10 Bihar 122.7 130.1 6.03 119.1 122.9 3.19 122.2 129.0 5.56
18 Assam 118.4 125.0 5.57 117.2 122.9 4.86 118.2 124.6 5.41
19 West Bengal 119.9 126.3 5.34 119.8 123.9 3.42 119.9 125.2 4.42
20 Jharkhand 119.6 129.6 8.36 117.1 121.5 3.76 118.6 126.5 6.66
21 Odisha 121.8 133.4 9.52 117.9 122.5 3.90 120.7 130.4 8.04
22 Chhattisgarh 124.3 135.6 9.09 117.3 122.1 4.09 121.6 130.4 7.24
23 Madhya Pradesh 119.7 126.0 5.26 119.3 123.0 3.10 119.5 124.8 4.44
24 Gujarat 120.0 128.6 7.17 116.6 120.8 3.60 118.1 124.2 5.17
27 Maharashtra 120.5 127.1 5.48 116.8 120.7 3.34 118.0 122.8 4.07
28 Andhra Pradesh 121.5 132.5 9.05 119.7 127.2 6.27 120.8 130.5 8.03
29 Karnataka 122.5 132.1 7.84 123.4 130.3 5.59 123.0 131.1 6.59
32 Kerala 121.9 126.5 3.77 122.0 128.1 5.00 121.9 127.1 4.27
33 Tamil Nadu 120.8 128.5 6.37 120.9 127.4 5.38 120.9 127.9 5.79
36 Telangana 118.0 125.8 6.61 118.4 125.5 6.00 118.2 125.6 6.26
99 All India 120.6 127.8 5.97 118.7 123.8 4.30 119.7 125.9 5.18

Notes:

  1. Prov.               :  Provisional.
  2. *                      : Less than those of Rural as well as Urban due to rounding.

All Hospitals should provide free medical treatment to Acid attack/Rape victims

10 Thursday Mar 2016

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Government of India has set up a dedicated fund called Nirbhaya Fund for implementation of initiatives aimed at enhancing the safety and security for women in the country. The corpus transferred to the Public Account for the Nirbhaya fund till 2014-15 is Rs. 2000 crore.

Further, the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013, has been enacted which broadened the definition of rape to include non-penetrative sex and made the criminal provisions relating to rape and sexual violence more stringent. New offences such as acid attack, stalking, sexual harassment, voyeurism and disrobing have also been included. The amendment also mandated all the hospitals, public or private to provide free medical treatment to all victims of acid attack and rape.

The scheme of One Stop Centre for Women affected by violence has been approved with a project cost of Rs. 18.58 crore to be funded under Nirbhaya Fund. Under the scheme, it has been envisaged to establish 1 One Stop Centre in each State/UT in the first phase. The proposals of 31 States/UTs have been approved and funds released to these States/UTs. The One Stop Centre at Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Puducherry, Odisha, Haryana have become operational. As these Centres have been became operational recently, data regarding number of women benefited have been received only from States of Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Odisha. In the quarter ending December, 2015 Chhattishgarh, Haryana and Odisha have reported to have registered 103, 30 and 48 number of cases at their respective Centres.