-The Indian Express Drop in Muslim representation in legislatures is related to the rise of the BJP. Muslim MPs currently occupy 19 seats of the Lok Sabha (or 3.5 per cent of its members), the lowest figure since 1952. Between 1980 and 2014, the representation of Muslim MPs in the lower house of India’s Parliament has diminished by nearly two-third even as the share of Muslims in the population rose during the...
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Arvind Kejriwal government delinks Aadhaar with widow, old age pensions
-TimesNowNews.com The Supreme Court had in March questioned the mandatory use of Aadhaar for drawing pensions by retired state employees. The 12-digit personal identification number is issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India. New Delhi: The Delhi state government has decided to delink the requirement of an Aadhaar card to access benefits due to widows and pensioners. In a message on Twitter, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said: “Lot of...
More »How to count lynchings -Mohsin Alam Bhat
-The Indian Express Data on hate crime needs to be collected through recording bias indicators, group identity of victims and the nature of violence. In the midst of a perceptible rise in cases of lynching and mob violence against religious and caste minorities, the Supreme Court has called for firm action to prevent, remedy and punish these horrific acts. On July 17, the Court issued guidelines and also recommended that Parliament enact...
More »Checkpoints at Mewat: Farmers complain of extortion in the name of cow protection -Nidhi Sharma
-The Economic Times NUH/ ALWAR/ JAIPUR: Thirty-five year old Munna is sipping his midmorning cup of tea with his uncle Ali Mohammed at Sharma dhaba. This resident of Doha village in Nuh district of Haryana has just wrapped up the day at Jaipur’s weekly Hatwara pashu mela (cattle fair) buying 10 buffaloes for himself. He has reason to be vigilant as he prepares for the evening journey across the border. “We have...
More »Agrarian distress in Vidarbha, Marathwada: subsidies, debt waivers no solution to farm crisis, prioritise watershed strategies, says study -Anuradha Mascarenhas
-The Indian Express The study ‘Agrarian distress: Why Vidarbha and Marathwada alone’, which aims to identify the causes behind the farm crisis in these regions, says top priority should be given to watershed strategies while planning mitigation measures. Pune: Subsidies and debt waivers cannot resolve the agrarian crisis, according to a study by the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE). The study ‘Agrarian distress: Why Vidarbha and Marathwada alone’, which aims...
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