-TheWire.in According to RTI and Government data, even in the best-case scenario, the Centre has spent only 50% of the amount that was allocated under PM Kisan from December 2018 to March 2020. New Delhi: Less than three in 10 farmers received the Rs 6,000 that was due to them in the first full year of the implementation of the Centre’s flagship PM Kisan scheme, according to Government data obtained by The...
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Budget 2020: You did promise jobs, Mr. Modi, didn't you? -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Will this Budget give any signal that the government is tackling the deadly jobs crisis? Budgets usually don’t address big systemic issues. After all, they only arrange for government revenue and expenditure for one year. But, if the water is flowing over your head, a Budget could very well give a strong signal of beginning something. It could open the door to policy changes, and declare a determined political intent. The raging...
More »'Digital divide' persists despite the country's desire to become a digital giant
A recent report of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) brings forth the dichotomy between digital divide and India’s transition towards a cashless economy. The rural-urban divide in access to computer and internet is quite stark, according to the report entitled 'Key Indicators of Household Social Consumption on Education in India, July 2017 to June 2018'. The 75th round National Sample Survey (NSS) report on education finds that...
More »Centre should implement land reforms to prevent farmer suicides: Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch -Ritwika Mitra
-The New Indian Express Activists said women’s lack of visibility as farmers due to lack of land ownership is not reflected in the farmer suicide numbers published by the states. NEW DELHI: The government should implement land reforms on a priority basis in order to prevent farmer suicides, said Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch (MAKAAM), a forum fighting for the rights of women farmers. Activists said women’s lack of visibility as farmers due to...
More »The many problems of delayed data -RK Raghavan
-The Hindu What the NCRB can do to present more time-bound and accurate data on crime In The Murder at the Vicarage, Agatha Christie wrote: “I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalise. Generalisations are seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate.” It is appropriate to remember this statement when we discuss the crime scene in any part of the world. This is because crime statistics offer...
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