-Moneycontrol.com Uttar Pradesh Assembly election 2022: In all, 135 (22 percent) of 623 candidates in the third phase have criminal cases filed against them, according to an analysis of affidavits by the Association for Democratic Reforms and Uttar Pradesh Election Watch. In Uttar Pradesh, 135 (22 percent) of 623 candidates contesting third phase elections have criminal cases filed against them, according to an analysis of affidavits by the Association for Democratic Reforms...
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New EPFO accounts no proxy for new jobs -Santosh Mehrotra and Kingshuk Sarkar
-FinancialExpress.com Recent registrations cited as proof of job creation were mostly formalisation of existing jobs Defending the Centre’s record on employment, prime minister Narendra Modi, in a speech in Rajya Sabha, talked about the impressive net enrolment to Employment Provident Fund Organization (EPFO): during 2021, 1.20 crore beneficiaries were enrolled under EPF—about 65 lakh beneficiaries in the 18-25 age bracket, implying they are first-time entrants to the labour market. He connected the...
More »Apex court ticks off Yogi Adityanath govt over CAA damage notices -R Balaji
-The Telegraph Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Kant gave additional advocate-general Garima Prashad time till next Friday to come out with government’s position on the matter New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday warned the Uttar Pradesh government with “consequences” if it failed to withdraw 236 notices issued in 2019 to alleged anti-Citizenship Act protesters for the recovery of compensation over damage to public properties. The apex court said the notices had violated...
More »A Story of Intimidation, Illegality and (No) Right to Information in Gujarat -Anusha R
-Newsclick.in With the increasing political climate of stifled dialogue and dissent, a denial of information sought in the legitimate interest of the public, imposing fines, and subsequent ambiguity in the face of procedural safeguards is not just disheartening, but also dangerous. It is the year 2022, almost 17 years since the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act) has been passed. Albeit, in a functional democracy, the emerging field realities would have...
More »Many farmers left out of PM Kisan benefits in A.P., reveals survey -P Sujatha Varma
-The Hindu ‘Neither are the reasons specified nor a resolution process put in place’ Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh): About 15.2 lakh farmers in Andhra Pradesh are deprived of the payment instalments under the Centrally-sponsored ‘PM Kisan Samman Nidhi’ that provides input subsidy to them. As part of the scheme, the farmers will receive a sum of ₹6,000 per agricultural year in three instalments of ₹2,000 each and the transfer of the 10th instalment is...
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