-The Hindu It is required to document both the disadvantages and privileges of various communities in India At the recently concluded Parliament session, there was a demand to lift the 50% cap on reservation imposed by the Supreme Court through the legislative route. With the 2021 Census coming up, several Political Parties have demanded a nation-wide caste census. They argue that a Socio-Economic Caste Census is the only way to make a...

-The Hindu It could be a long wait before employers and workers enjoy the so-called benefits extended by the labour codes The National Democratic Alliance government enacted the Code on Wages in August 2019 and the other three Codes, viz., the Industrial Relations Code, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code and Code on Social Security (CSS) in September 2020. Later, it had framed the draft rules albeit incompletely under all...

-The Hindu Supreme Court modifies February 2020 judgment; imposes fines on major Political Parties, including the BJP and the Congress. The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned Parliament that the nation is losing patience with the advent of criminals in politics even as it imposed fines on major Political Parties, including the BJP and Congress, for covering up from voters the criminal past of the candidates they had fielded in the Bihar Assembly...

-NDTV.com Petitions have asked for contempt against Political Parties for not obeying the February 2020 orders of the Supreme Court. New Delhi: Political Parties must make criminal records of their poll candidates public within 48 hours of their selection, the Supreme Court said today, in a big step towards decriminalising politics. In an earlier ruling in February last year linked to the Bihar election in November, the Supreme Court had said candidates must...

-Newsclick.in The votaries of economic reforms miss the point that while it may have increased GDP growth rate, it has worsened the conditions of the working people. It is 30 years since India adopted neoliberal policies in 1991, though some would date their introduction even earlier to 1985. Newspapers are full of assessments of the impact of these policies on the economy, and liberalisers from Manmohan Singh downward, have suddenly become visible,...