-The Indian Express Apar Gupta writes: The substance of many of the requirements were never put to public consultation or deliberation by experts. This is particularly the case for the regulations for online news portals and Video streaming platforms. In the polarised environment that we now inhabit, there are few public agreements. One of these rare instances is an agreement that social media is broken. For many commentators, this is an area...
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Law of sedition cannot be invoked to quieten the disquiet, says Delhi court
-IndiaToday.in A Delhi court said the law of sedition was a powerful tool to maintain peace and order in the society and it cannot be invoked to quieten the disquiet under the pretence of muzzling the miscreants. A Delhi court said the law of sedition cannot be invoked to quieten the disquiet under the pretence of muzzling the miscreants. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana said this while granting bail to two persons --...
More »Put Electricity Amendment Bill in Public Domain: Power Engineers Federation
-PTI/ Newsclick.in The draft Bill, listed to be tabled in Parliament in the current session, is not available on the power ministry website, AIPEF’s V K Gupta said. New Delhi: The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has demanded that the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 must be put in the public domain before starting a discussion on the same. The AIPEF shot off a letter to the Prime Minister on Friday last...
More »Fiscal transparency jacks up ‘expenditure’ numbers in the Union Budget 2021-22
In order to understand why the Union Budget 2021-22 is being termed as ‘transparent’, it has to be read simultaneously with the 15th Finance Commission Main Report for 2021-26. But first, let us discuss 'fertilizer subsidy'. The budget documents for Union Budget 2021-22 show that the spending on ‘fertilizer subsidy’ was slashed from Rs. 1,33,947 crore in 2020-21 (revised estimate) to Rs. 79,530 crore in 2021-22 (budget estimate). However, the budgetary...
More »Children from economically weaker backgrounds have fallen behind as classes shifted to the digital mode -Wilima Wadhwa
-The Indian Express Although there has been a lot of public discussion on digital modes of education for school children, online and Video classes catered largely to urban or educated elite populations whose children went to private schools. In India, school closures post the spread of the pandemic started as early as March 2020. As months went by, concerns increased: Would learning levels drop, existing inequalities deepen? The Annual Status of Education...
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