-TheWire.in With low levels of farmers' income and a lack of assured price mechanism, what impact will the three farm bills have in the long term on India's agrarian economy. Here's an analysis. Last week, the Union government passed three bills to replace the three ordinances that were enacted during the COVID-19 lockdown. These three bills, expected to bring revolutionary changes to agrarian context and help double farmers’ incomes are: The Farmers’...
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120 tribals in jail under anti-terror law for 3 years, trial yet to begin -Ritesh Mishra
-Hindustan Times In April 2017, just 100 meters from this village, Burkapal, 25 personnel of 74th battalion of the CRPF, including an inspector-rank officer, were killed in a deadly Maoist ambush. Burkapal (South Sukma): Deep inside the Sukma jungle, the serenity of the small village Burakapal, situated just 200 meters from nearby security forces camp, is disturbed only by women nonchalantly engaged in their chores and kids boisterously playing with slingshot. A few...
More »14 Years On, No State/UT Has Fully Implemented SC-Mandated Police Reforms -Shreya Raman and Shreehari Paliath
-IndiaSpend.com Mumbai & Bengaluru: No Indian state is fully compliant with 14-year-old Supreme Court directives for police reforms, an analysis by the international non-profit Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has found. Of the 28 states, only two--Andhra Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh--were partially compliant with the five binding directives included in the analysis. All the other states have failed to comply, as per CHRI’s report. The set of seven directives, aimed at kick-starting...
More »Compared to other South Asian countries, India fares poorly in terms of food and nutrition security, indicates SOFI 2020 report
In his Mann ki Baat speech delivered on 30th August, 2020, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi said that the month of September 2020 will be observed as Nutrition Month (POSHAN Maah) in the entire nation. In his address to the nation on that day, he highlighted that for children to be well-nourished, the mother should receive proper and adequate nutrition. In this context, it is important to discuss the 11 different...
More »PM CARES Fund gets FCRA exemption without meeting pre-condition of CAG audit -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Need to seek consent from PM CARES before giving info on FCRA exemption: MHA response to RTI The PM CARES Fund has received exemption from all provisions of the law meant to regulate foreign donations, although it does not seem to meet the pre-condition of being a body established and owned by the government whose accounts are audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). Responding to a recent...
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