-PTI/ TheWire.in The case pertains to the alleged encounter that had taken place in the Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh in 2002 New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has told the Supreme Court that nine police personnel, including five inspectors, have prima facie been found to be responsible for the delay and inaction regarding service of court processes in a matter relating to the alleged encounter of a man by the police...
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India staying out of major climate pledges at COP26: Officials argue varied reasons -Subhayan Chakraborty
-MoneyControl.com While India has been one of the earliest and key signatories of multiple global environmental agreements, it has given a wide berth to three major initiatives. Officials tell Moneycontrol why that's been the case. Despite surprising large segments of the global community and climate experts by announcing major commitments, India has till now stayed away from all the major pledges at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Early on Thursday, the UK...
More »Modi govt slashes excise duties on petrol by Rs 5, and diesel by Rs 10 -R. Suryamurthy
-The Telegraph The cut was announced a day after the declaration of by-election results in 29 Assembly seats and 3 Lok Sabha seats, wherein BJP suffered setback in some states The Narendra Modi government has finally buckled under pressure from consumers, voters and the Opposition and slashed excise duties on petrol by Rs 5 a litre and on diesel by Rs 10 a litre. From Thursday in Calcutta, the price of petrol will...
More »Haryana’s deficit payment scheme still a work in progress, I learnt in my mandi visits -Yogendra Yadav
-ThePrint.in Farmers, farm leaders, economists and policy makers would do well to study this scheme carefully as it shows a possible path to the future. Anew model? Or another fiasco in the making? I kept asking my colleagues and myself as we travelled across the semi-arid bajra growing belt of south Haryana. We stopped at a few mandis — Rewari, Kanina, Ateli, Narnaul, Dadari and Bhiwani — and spoke to farmers, adhatiyas...
More »Around 5 crore MGNREGA workers and their families will have to spend their Diwali without food & sweets due to pending wages
-Press release by Peoples' Action for Employment Guarantee dated 3rd November 2021 About 8 crore NREGA payments are pending as on November 3, 2021 according to Report 8.1.1 of the NREGA Management Information System (MIS). This means, for nearly 5 crore workers across the country this will be a Kali Diwali. Following the raging debate about NREGA funds running out with 5 months remaining, the People’s Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG)...
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