-TheWire.in While the BJP says that the state leads in crime, the Rajasthan government attributes the rise in cases to its policy of compulsory registration of FIRs. Jaipur: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Rajasthan lately have been vocal on one issue: rising crime in the state. Whenever a case of loot, murder or rape is reported, local leaders rally against chief minister Ashok Gehlot with the charge that Rajasthan has topped...
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Kerala’s Left Government Takes Right Decision for the Poor During Pandemic -Azhar Moideen
-Newsclick.in Pinarayi Vijayan’s government is supplying food kits and distributing social security pension to ensure no one remains hungry or destitute The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government is supplying food kits and distributing social security pension as celebrations for the harvest festival of Onam, which falls on August 21, have already started. Despite the Opposition’s criticism of these measures in the light of the daily spike in Covid cases, the Pinarayi Vijayan government...
More »Do PLFS numbers underestimate the pain of lockdown? -Ishan Anand and Anjana Thampi
-Hindustan Times The PLFS survey covers the July-June period rather than a fiscal or calendar year. So, when NSO released the 2019-20 PLFS report last month, this was supposed to be the FIRst official record of what happened to labour markets during last year’s lockdown. The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), conducted by the National Statistical Office (NSO), is the official source of employment and earnings data in India. PLFS numbers are...
More »Mapping exercise rectifies errors for NFSA families
-The Hindu As many as 25 lakh mistakes rectified during the FIRst phase An exercise launched in Rajasthan for mapping and seeding of beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) has led to rectification of errors relating to over 7 lakh families in 95 blocks. After the completion of FIRst phase, the upcoming phases of the exercise will be run in a “mission mode”. State Food and Planning Secretary Naveen Jain said...
More »Coal auctions: Modi govt's policy push to private miners will cost Chhattisgarh Rs 900 crore a year -Shreegireesh Jalihal & Tapasya
-Newslaundry.com The government has sold coal blocks for far cheaper prices than they fetched five years ago. In 2015, the Narendra Modi government auctioned two coal blocks in Chhattisgarh. Gare Palma IV/1 fetched a bid of Rs 1,585 per tonne while Gare Palma IV/7 was auctioned for Rs 2,619. The bid for the FIRst block was too low, the government claimed amid allegations of cartelisation, and cancelled it. In case of the...
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