-The Hindu Entire Opposition was united in their call to send the Bill to a select committee The contentious General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021 was passed amidst shocking scenes in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday despite the Opposition’s demand to send the legislation to a select committee. The Rajya Sabha passed the Bill that would allow the government to cut its share in public sector insurance companies, paving the way for...
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Only 8% of minority students attend schools for minority communities, NCPCR report says -Kritika Sharma
-ThePRInt.in NCPCR report, which analyses data from 23,487 minority schools across the country, says a little over 37% of total students in minority schools belong to these communities. New Delhi: Only 8 per cent of a total 4,81,91,351 children from minority communities, aged between 5 and 15, attend schools for minority communities, a report by the National Council for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has found. Furthermore, just over 37 per cent (38,44,074)...
More »Can govt’s targeted welfare override inflation concern? -Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times The budgetary allocations for Ujjwala, which is listed as money for “LPG connections to the poor” in the ministry of petroleum’s budget, was just ₹21,365.81 crore between 2016-17 and 2020-21. With the PRIme Minister launching the second module of the Ujjwala Yojana from Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has, in a way, started its election campaign for the crucial state which goes to the polls in early...
More »14 States set to reopen schools for classes X-XII
-The Hindu Almost 50% of teachers vaccinated. At least 14 States and Union Territories have reopened or plan to reopen schools partially this month, given the continued low numbers of COVID-19 infection and the high rate of vaccination among teachers. However, almost all States only plan to bring back older students despite the Indian Council of Medical Research’s recommendation to start with PRImary school students. At a Health Ministry press conference on Tuesday,...
More »Government to launch Ujjwala 2.0 on August 10 in UP
-The Hindu Business Line The Ministry said procedures have also been simplified with less paperwork Now low-income families will get kitchen gas connection under ‘Ujjwala’ Scheme as the PRIme Minister Narendra Modi is set to unveil newer version of the scheme on August 10. “Modi will launch Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana - PMUY) by handing over LPG connections, at Mahoba Uttar Pradesh via videoconferencing,” a statement issued by the Oil Ministry...
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