-The Indian Express Although the prevalence of sexual violence in India is the lowest in the world (8.5 per cent in 2013), it affects 27.5 million women in the country. Rapes reported to the police as sexual violence surged from 39 per day to 93 per day in 2013. In Uttar Pradesh alone, five rapes occurred in 36 hours. Even these are underestimations, for two reasons. One is the exclusion of...
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100 million Aadhaar numbers linked to bank accounts: UIDAI
-Business Standard As on Dec 9, the Aadhaar Payment Bridge saw transactions crossing the 79.4 million mark across govt welfare programmes Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Monday said the number of Aadhaar numbers that have been linked to bank accounts had touched 100 million, enabling these individuals to digitally receive subsidies and benefits under government schemes. It said establishing a link between an Aadhaar number and a bank account makes it...
More »Contract farming silence in farm bill -Sambit Saha
-The Telegraph Calcutta: Private companies will be able to buy farm produce directly from farmers in Bengal. But the widely-anticipated whoop of exultation from Indian industry over the amendment in the state's agri-marketing act was somewhat muted because of the lack of clarity on the issue of contract farming and the absence of clear guidelines on whether the state government would provide incentives and help in the acquisition of land for private...
More »More girls go ‘missing’; sex ratio declines -Smriti Kak Ramachandran
-The Hindu Haryana has the highest number of gender-critical districts: Ministry Despite its efforts to rectify the skewed sex ratio in the country, the government has admitted that gender ratio has declined over the years, falling from 945 in 1991 to 927 in 2001 and slipping further to 918 in 2011. Haryana, which has 12 gender-critical districts, has the lowest sex ratio in the country with just 834 girls for 1000 boys, followed...
More »Most states favour replacing plan panel with new body, Cong only holdout
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government on Sunday formally moved to bury the Planning Commission before January 26 with strong support from regional parties. The only resistance came from Congress-ruled states, which failed to garner support, except from the Bihar government controlled by Nitish Kumar, once a supporter of decentralization in decision-making. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who discussed the role of the Planning Commission with chief ministers, had announced the...
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