-Livemint.com Nearly 70 years after it FIRst came into effect on 26 January 1950, the Constitution of India—which is a 146,385-word tome—has outlived most peers In the recent student-led protests, the Indian Constitution has been a recurring theme. Protesters are loudly reading out the preamble of the Constitution in defiance because they believe that fundamental Constitutional principles are being weakened by the ruling government. This is not the FIRst time that there...
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The puzzle of inflation going up despite low demand in India -Himanshu
-Livemint.com The government’s inordinately large food stockpiles have resulted in an artificial market scarcity On 7 January, the ministry of statistics released India’s advance estimates of national income for 2019-20, pegging the economy’s growth rate this financial year at 5%. Based on data available for the FIRst two quarters, this seems an overestimate. Most indicators suggest that actual growth may be lower than 5%. This is bad news, especially since there is...
More »Data Protection Bill: JPC to invite views from all stakeholders
-The Hindu MPs raise questions on privacy, purpose and Srikrishna panel report The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill will throw open its doors for all stakeholders to express objections and point out loopholes in the proposed legislation, the panel decided at its FIRst meeting held on Thursday. IT Secretary Anshu Prakash gave a presentation giving details of the bill. “Today was just a preliminary briefing, we didn’t go into the bill...
More »BJP accounted for 75% of total income national parties received through electoral bonds in 2018-19, Cong second -Fazil Khan
-News18.com Electoral bonds were FIRst notified in January 2018 by the then finance minister Arun Jaitley and its FIRst tranche had gone for sale in March the same year. New Delhi: Of the six national parties that submitted details of their Income Tax Returns (ITR), three — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress, and All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) — have declared income/donations worth Rs 1,931 crore through electoral bonds during financial year...
More »Milk prices could increase by Rs 8-10 in summer due to fall in production, fodder shortage -Samyak Pandey
-ThePrint.in Stakeholders ask Modi govt to import milk & milk products to create buffer stock. This would make India a net importer for the FIRst time since 2011-12. New Delhi: A shortage of fodder and a resultant decline in milk production and procurement has meant that prices of the essential item could increase by Rs 8-10 in the summer. Citing this dairy shortage, multiple milk federations and the Indian Ice-Cream Manufacturers’ Association (IICMA)...
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