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Banks Have Been Charging Customers for Government Insurance They Never Wanted  https://thewire.in/banking/banks-have-been-charging-customers-for-government-insurance-they-never-wanted State-run as well as private banks impose the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana for life insurance, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana for accident insurance and Atal Pension Yojana for micro-pension on their customers.

Since the beginning, the proponents of the Vizhinjam port have been propagating many claims. As I started reading official reports and other studies by experts related to both economic and environmental aspects of the proposed port, I realized that all these claims are false.

The claims are that it is a natural port, and no dredging is required;
that by building this port, Thiruvananthapuram will develop like Singapore or Dubai;
that it is India’s first transhipment port;
and it will create huge employment opportunities and enhance State revenue.

I am not an environmental/academic expert, though I was part of a research team looking at the ‘coastal ecosystem changes in the west coast of the country’ during 2000-2010. Together with this, being from the coastal fishing community in Kerala, and as my native place was the first coastal area to experience severe erosion after the 1970s construction of artificial structures (two breakwaters) at Vizhinjam for a fishery harbour; I had on-field knowledge and experience about the impact of such structures.