-PTI NEW DELHI: Around 65 per cent of people find policing satisfactory in the country, according to a report which also stated that Delhi is one of the "worst" states as far as public satisfaction over police help is concerned. The 'Status of Policing in India Report 2018', that studies performance and perceptions concerning police in 22 states, was released here on Wednesday. The report says that in Haryana, highest (71 per cent)...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Nearly 44% Indians reported significant fear of the police or torture in some form, shows a new report on performance of police in different states
-Press Release of Status of Policing in India Report 2018, dated 9th May, 2018 New Delhi: Common Cause and Lokniti Programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), launched India’s first Status of Policing in India Report (SPIR 2018) at the India Habitat Centre today. The release was followed by a panel discussion on “People-Centric Policing and the Rule of Law.” The participants of the panel discussion were former...
More »Stop this jobs charade: on India's unemployment problem -Praveen Chakravarty & Jairam Ramesh
-The Hindu India must debate solutions to the employment problem, as a true democracy should and would In January this year, the Prime Minister made this statement: “7 million new jobs created in 2017”. The statement draws on false conclusions of a study by two economists. Here is another: “10-12 million young people join the workforce every year and 7 million new and formal jobs were created in 2017,” said the Minister of...
More »Govt accepts Supreme Court never made Aadhaar-mobile linkage compulsory
-IndiaToday.in The government on Wednesday, April 25, virtually accepted that it had lied about the Supreme Court mandating that Indians' mobile phone numbers be linked to their Aadhaar. A lawyer representing UIDAI accepted during arguments in the Aadhaar case that there was no Supreme Court order making it compulsory to link Aadhaar with mobile phone numbers. The government's admission in the Supreme Court should be seen against the backdrop of the near-daily messages...
More »After a brief decline, India's misery index spikes again in 2017 -Pramit Bhattacharya
-Livemint.com Unless economic misery is alleviated soon, the Narendra Modi-led BJP may have to face angry voters in 2019 general elections New Delhi: A year back, there seemed to be no stopping Narendra Modi. After a landslide victory in the Uttar Pradesh elections, the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seemed to have acquired an aura of invincibility. But that aura has diminished somewhat over the past few months as anti-incumbency has grown....
More »