-TheWire.in While the pre-matric and post-matric scholarships recorded staggeringly low numbers of beneficiaries, the merit-cum-means scholarship, which is given to students enrolled in professional courses, was less affected. New Delhi: Recently, at a conference on ‘Islamic Heritage: Promoting Understanding and Moderation’ in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a speech, “The Government of India is leaving no stone unturned in empowering the Muslim youth. We want them to have the...
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Why we need a Constitution -Rajeev Bhargava
-The Hindu Constitutions are needed not only to limit wielders of existing power but to empower those traditionally deprived of it The recent judgment by the Supreme Court clarifying the respective jurisdictions of Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor and its elected representatives and specifying the limits of their powers once again underlies how fortunate we are to have the Constitution. Why should gratitude be expressed for living under a constitutional democracy? Why do we...
More »The great Indian farm paradox -Yogendra Yadav
-The Tribune Agrarian society vs a non-agrarian economy poses a huge political challenge. JUST how many farmers are there in India? This is not merely a statistical question. This is a question of policy and political significance. We have all grown up reading about India as an agrarian economy, with a majority of its population engaged in farming. Does that continue to be the case? Or has the number of farmers declined...
More »Centre mulls law to check arbitrary school-fee hikes -Manash Pratim Gohain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Centre is planning to bring in a regulation to check arbitrary fee hikes by private schools. The move comes after the success of the Uttar Pradesh government's legislation, brought in this year, to regulate fees charged by private schools, including Minority ones, in the state. According to a senior official, the Centre is consulting all stakeholders and trying to build a consensus before the move...
More »In Assam, a government-appointed panel suggests farmland be reserved for 'indigenous people' -Arunabh Saikia
-Scroll.in The committee goes on to list the ‘basic elements’ that make an individual indigenous to Assam. The transfer of agricultural land should be restricted to people indigenous to the state, a committee appointed by the Assam government in February 2017 for “ensuring the protection of land rights of indigenous people” has recommended in a report submitted in January. The Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state has said that it...
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