-IndiaToday.in The NGO, whose PIL in Supreme Court led to the update of NRC, now claims financial irregularities in the process Two years after the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published in Assam, an allegation of large-scale financial irregularities in the process of preparing the document have surfaced. The allegation has been levelled by Assam Public Works (APW), the NGO that first filed a PIL in the Supreme Court demanding update,...
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Utter Disgrace! Modi Sarkar Refuses Hike in Rs 200 Monthly Old Age Pension -Prabhat Patnaik
-Newsclick.in The government’s brazen class bias is crystal clear, as it gives away national assets built with public money to its favourite capitalists, together with tax breaks. Junior Minister for Rural Development in the Central government, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, ruled out in Parliament any increase in the amount of monthly pension given by the Centre to the elderly under the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP). The amount currently being given to each...
More »Scholar predicts India's shift into ethnic democracy under Modi -Amit Roy
-The Telegraph Christophe Jaffrelot says 'minorities are second class Citizens', and authoritarianism risks reaching a 'point of no return' in the country London: A French scholar who has studied Narendra Modi’s politics and policies over the past 20 years has just published a 639-page book on the Prime Minister in which he predicts that India’s transformation into an ethnic democracy, “where minorities are second class Citizens”, and authoritarianism risks reaching a “point...
More »'Totalitarian Govts Rely on Falsehoods to Establish Dominance': Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
-PTI/ TheWire.in "Democracy and truth go hand in hand. Democracy needs truth to survive," the Supreme Court judge said at a lecture. New Delhi: Totalitarian governments constantly rely on falsehoods in order to establish dominance and the citizen’s right to speak truth to power is integral to the functioning of a democracy, Supreme Court judge Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said on Saturday, August 28. LiveLaw, which covered the online lecture, reported on it with...
More »Covid: Survey clue to jab shortage despite a 25% increase in supplies -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph Research found that 29% of 9,516 respondents knew two or more persons who faced vaccine stockouts at vaccination centres over the past month A nationwide survey has found that 39 per cent of respondents knew a family member or friend unable to access a Covid-19 vaccine this month, pointing to lingering vaccine shortages despite a 25 per cent increase in supplies during August over July. The survey by Local Circles —...
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