-Caravandaily.com/ ANI LUCKNOW – With the high crime RATes, 12 rape cases were reported everyday in Uttar Pradesh recording 4,322 incidents in 2018. According to the annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a case of rape is registered with the Uttar Pradesh police every two hours while crime against a child is reported every 90 minutes in the state. The state also recorded 59,445 crimes against women with 162 being...
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On Assam Accord Cut-Off Date For Citizenship, Himanta Biswa Sarma's Spin -RATnadip Choudhury
-NDTV The cut-off year, he said, was 1966 and by implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act, the BJP government is not 'violating' the Assam Accord but addressing its "unresolved issues". Guwahati: Assam minister and the BJP's key stRATegist Himanta Biswa Sarma weighed in on the debate over the citizenship law in the state, contending that 1971 was never the cut-off year for granting citizenship under the Assam accord - a key claim...
More »Public Health: Why NITI Aayog's push for PPP model won't work -Jyotsna Singh
-Newsclick.in A plethora of evidence shows that in India, public-private partnerships have either been rolled back or have led to poor health outcomes. Recently, government think-tank NITI Aayog came up with a proposal for running district hospitals in public-private partnership (PPP) mode. Under the proposal, new and existing private medical colleges will be linked with functional district hospitals. According to sources, the proposal is open to public comments till February 10, 2020. There...
More »Not ready for school -Rukmini Banerji
-The Indian Express A reworking of curriculum and activities is urgently needed for the age band from four to eight. ASER 2019 report underlines this While the importance of good early childhood education has been known for a long time, the draft New Education Policy (released in June 2019) links the “severe learning crisis” to what goes on with young children in India. The voluminous policy document points out that close...
More »A rough patch
-The Indian Express High inflation reduces room for RATe cuts. With limited fiscal space, FM must spell out plans to revive growth. Latest inflation data seems to corroboRATe fears articulated by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in its December meeting when it refrained from cutting the benchmark repo RATe. Retail inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), has surged to 7.35 per cent in December 2019, up from 5.54 per...
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