-PTI “Me, my wife, my entire CABinet don’t have birth certificates to prove citizenship. Will we be sent to detention centres?” Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked. The Delhi Assembly passed a resolution on Friday against the National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). At the one-day special session, which was held to discuss the NPR and the NRC, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal requested the Centre to withdraw them. Please click...

-The Hindu It says the query can be directed to the Election Commission Chandigarh: The Chief Minister’s Secretariat in Haryana does not have records pertaining to proof of citizenship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, his CABinet colleagues and the Governor. A Panipat-based activist last month sought information on the proof of citizenship of the Chief Minister, all the Ministers in the State CABinet and the Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya under the Right...

-TheWire.in Making crop insurance mandatory for loanee farmers provided an attractive deal for insurance companies. Without this, will the business still be viable? This is the first in a two-part series about the changes made to the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. On February 19, 2020, the Union CABinet approved major modifications to the two crop insurance schemes, the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS). While...

-The Telegraph 'Finance secretary Rajiv Kumar was eventually not chosen, probably because of stiff opposition' A member of the search committee for the chief vigilance commissioner (CVC) was also an applicant and he was shortlisted, sources have told The Telegraph. The applicant was eventually not chosen, probably because of stiff opposition, the sources added. The search committee constituted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi included CABinet secretary Rajeev Gauba, finance secretary Rajiv Kumar and secretary...

-Down to Earth This is because agriculture in India is largely dependent on chemicals including pesticides and their usage has a huge impact on the health of humans, animals, bio-diversity and the environment Pesticides are regulated in India through the Insecticides Act, 1968 and Insecticides Rules, 1971. The experience in administering this Act over the last five decades has exposed certain gaps which spurred the need to propose a new law. The Pesticide...