-The Indian Express Nitish’s 15 years have seen high growth, especially in welfare indices, spending; industries slower to catch up. New Delhi: As Bihar heads into an election that promises to be a battle of proxies fought between former and present allies, on the state’s economic conditions alone, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar seems to have a clear edge. The state has improved in the last five years in terms of growth of...
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Farmers’ suicides highest in Maharashtra despite loan waiver, reform measures
-The Indian Express In 2017, then Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announced the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shetkari Sanman Yojna, a farm loan waiver of Rs 35,000 crore for 89 lakh farmers. Mumbai: DESPITE various farmer welfare schemes, including a loan waiver in 2017, Maharashtra recorded 3,927 farmers’ suicide in 2019 — the highest in the country, which registered a total of 10,281 suicides in the farm sector last year, according to data...
More »The Hathras dead-end: What does the UP govt so ferociously seek to protect? -KTS Tulsi and Tanessa Puri
-The Indian Express What does the UP government so ferociously seek to protect — after having violated every possible fundamental right of its people? This article shall neither delve into whether a rape happened or someone simply went missing while going into the field, nor the atrocity of dragging someone by their dupatta while injuring their neck and spinal cord. The authors shall not devote space to how abominable the incident is....
More »European Parliament’s human rights panel warns India against targeting minorities
-Scroll.in The head of European Parliament’s panel urged the Narendra Modi government to meet its pLEDge to promote and protect human rights. The European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights on Monday cautioned India against targeting religious minorities in the country, particularly Muslims. It urged the Narendra Modi government to meet its pLEDge to promote and protect human rights. In a statement, Maria Arena, the chief of the panel, said that protests over the...
More »Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA protests not acceptable, says Supreme Court -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Public places and spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely, says Bench The Supreme Court on Tuesday held the protests LED by scores of mothers, children and senior citizens of Shaheen Bagh against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act by blockading a public road in the national capital were “not acceptable”. A Bench LED by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said public places and spaces could not be occupied indefinitely. The court recognised that peaceful protests...
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