-The Hindu Pandits, Dogras and Buddhists demand maintenance of current population status, rights over land With the revoking of the special status of Kashmir, Pandits, Dogras and Buddhists have made separate demands for domicile laws in the proposed Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The reasons they cite include the need to maintain the current population status, ensuring jobs for local people and the rights over land use. BJP State spokesman...
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Reimagining the NITI Aayog -Vijay Kelkar & Abhay Pethe
-The Hindu The institution can play an important role in refreshing India’s fiscal federalism India’s Constitution-makers thought of India as a union of States with a centripetal bias, done, advisedly, to preserve the unity and integrity of a newly fledged nation. Since then, the Indian economy, polity, Demography and society have undergone many changes. The new aspirational India is now firmly on a growth turnpike. It is in this context that we...
More »In Chhattisgarh, a Piece of Paper Is Coming in the Way of a Vulnerable Tribe's Rights -Ambika Kapoor and Vipul Paikra
-TheWire.in Incorrectly listed as 'Korwas' instead of 'Pahari Korwas' on caste certificates, members of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group continue to face roadblocks to schemes, subsidised healthcare and government jobs. Surguja (Chattisgarh): Sanak Sai, a nine-year-old Pahari Korwa from Chhattisgarh’s Govindpur village, met with an accident on May 28 while riding a bicycle. Suffering from a fractured jaw and a few broken teeth, he was referred to the district hospital for a...
More »Economist Paul Krugman warns India of mass unemployment if manufacturing sector does not grow
-Scroll.in The Nobel laureate noted that the country does not yet have the jobs essential to sustain the projected growth in Demography. Nobel laureate Paul Krugman on Saturday warned that India may end up with mass unemployment if its manufacturing sector does not grow, News18 reported. The American economist was speaking at an event that the news channel had organised. “As the world’s economies took off because of growth in the manufacturing...
More »Raghuram Rajan opens up on what's working and what's not working for India
-The Economic Times Just after Prime Minister Narendra Modi showcased a democratic and developing India to the global leaders at the annual meet of World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland, India's former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan punctured Modi's India pitch. Modi said,"In India, 'Democracy, Demography and Dynamism' together are shaping the country's destiny and leading it towards the path of Devepolment." He also said, "Our Mantra is 'Reform, Perform And Transform." However,...
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