There is euphoria abound about India's growth performance during the first quarter of the current fiscal. As compared to the corresponding period last year, the year-on-year (y-o-y) GDP growth in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022-23 is down. However, one should take into account the fact that the high growth performance of the real GDP in Q1 of 2021-22 was due to the low base in the corresponding period of...
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Verification Drive or Raid? Rohingya in Haryana Accuse Cops of Harassment and Brutality -Astha Savyasachi
-TheWire.in Though the police superintendent claims his officers were 'sensitised' before arriving at the refugee camps on July 26, residents tell a different tale. Nuh (Haryana): Before the break of dawn on July 26, 10 police jeeps and six police buses encircled the 10 Rohingya refugee camps in the Nuh district of Haryana. More than 600 policemen walked into the camps and allegedly barged into each jhuggi, pushing people out of their...
More »Citizens dying of hunger, says Supreme Court -R Balaji
-The Telegraph SC asks Centre and states to reach out to farmers and migrants who form the country’s backbone The Supreme Court on Thursday said no person should die of hunger “but that is happening, citizens are dying of hunger,” asking the Centre and the states to reach out to farmers and migrants who form the country’s backbone. “In a welfare society, in our country, two persons are most important — farmers and...
More »More Confusion, Less Benefits Mar E-Shram Registration Process -Shreya Adhikari and Debojit Dutta
-TheWire.in Across India, unorganised workers registering for the e-Shram card have to wade through rumours of monetary benefits, fear of fraud, and a daunting process. On June 31, 2021, in response to a petition on the struggles faced by migrant workers during the pandemic, the Supreme Court directed the central government to accelerate the process of building a database of unorganised workers. The government responded by launching the e-Shram portal – a...
More »Trans people can register themselves, get benefits: UP government plan -Kishor Dwivedi
-The Telegraph CM Yogi Adityanath had on April 18 directed state government officials to carry forward welfare measures for transgender people Noida: The Social Welfare Ministry of Uttar Pradesh has proposed a first of its kind voluntary registration for transgender people in the state, aimed at devising welfare measures for the marginalised community, according to officials. The ministry has proposed a budget of Rs 200 crore for the welfare of transgender people...
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