-Newsclick.in Modi government has restrained spending of various ministries including education, social justice, environment and others. Continuing with its policy of cutting down spending, the central government has spent only 47% of the budgeted amount by the end of September 2021. That’s half of the financial year 2021-22 gone. This is a new low (see graph below), and bizarrely, it comes at a time when tax revenues have picked up. As can be...
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Burnt body of Bihar missing journalist writing on ‘fake’ clinics found on highway: Report -Sohini Goswami
-Hindustan Times Two days before he disappeared, the Right to Information (RTI) activist had written a post on Facebook in which he mentioned such clinics. A 23-year-old journalist Working on a scam involving medical clinics in Bihar’s Madhubani district was found dead days after he went missing. His burnt body was reportedly found tossed by the roadside near a village in the district. An NDTV article said Buddhinath Jha or Avinash Jha was...
More »In charts: As MGNREGS funds fall short, unpaid wages are piling up -Nushaiba Iqbal
-Scroll.in/ IndiaSpend.com Across India, more than Rs 2,850 crore in wages are pending approval from the Centre for Work done between April and September. India’s flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme provided more days of Work in 2020-’21 than in any year since the programme began in 2008. But states are falling short of funds to pay Workers. In three charts, we take a quick look at the current status of...
More »Body Of Bihar Journalist, RTI Activist Found Burned, Tossed By Roadside -Manish Kumar
-NDTV.com CCTV footage shows Buddhinath Jha leaving home at 9.58 pm on Tuesday, wearing a yellow scarf around his neck; he walks past a police station and is not seen again Patna: The body of a 22-year-old journalist and RTI activist, who was kidnapped four days ago, was found on Friday evening - burned and tossed by the roadside - near a village in Bihar's Madhubani district. Buddhinath Jha, alias Avinash Jha, was...
More »Delhi shuts schools, govt offices for a week due to air pollution, CM Kejriwal says no lockdown for now
-IndiaToday.in Schools and government offices in Delhi will be closed for a week starting Monday owing to air pollution, CM Arvind Kejriwal told the media. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday that schools in the national capital will be closed for a week starting Monday. The decision was taken to ensure that children do not breathe polluted air, Kejriwal told reporters following an emergency meeting with top officials at the...
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