-The Telegraph ‘The modalities are being worked out. Some decision will be taken soon on who will be entrusted with the job of live-streaming the proceedings' The Supreme Court has decided to live-stream all constitution bench hearings from September 27 to address pleas to make the highest judiciary’s proceedings transparent and accessible to one and all. The important constitution bench matters that are scheduled to come up for hearing after September 27 include...
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ECI seeks restrictions on cash donations to political parties, writes to government
-PTI/ The Hindu Chief Election Commissioner suggests a slew of Amendments to RP Act to increase transparency and accountability on part of candidate The Election Commission has proposed reducing anonymous political donations to ₹2,000 from ₹20,000 and cap cash donations at 20% or at a maximum of ₹20 crore to cleanse election funding of black money, sources said on Monday. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar has written a letter to Union Law...
More »EWS quota breaches 50 pc ceiling, defeats creamy layer concept, excludes poor SC/ST, OBCs, SC told
-PTI/The Telegraph Quota is a deceitful and a backdoor attempt to destroy concept of reservation: Expert The Centre's decision to grant 10 per cent quota for the EWS category in admissions and jobs violates the basic structure of the Constitution on multiple counts including that it breaches the 50 per cent cap on reservation, the Supreme Court was told on Tuesday. The quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) is a "deceitful and...
More »Deregulation of Agricultural Marketing: How has it Affected the APMC System in Karnataka? -Ayush Kumar
-Foundation for Agrarian Studies In December 2020, in line with the Central Farm Laws, the Government of Karnataka passed an Amendment to the Karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation and Development) Act, 1966. This Amendment reduced the scope of the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees (APMC) by effectively ending their status as the only place (with some exceptions) where wholesale agricultural trade was permitted by law. Despite the three Central Farm Laws being...
More »Yogendra Yadav opts for a sabbatical from Samyukt Kisan Morcha -AM Jigeesh
-The Hindu He will join the Bharat Jodo Yatra soon Academic turned political activist Yogendra Yadav has decided to opt for a "two year" leave from the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM). Prof. Yadav, who plays a key role in charting the activities of the SKM, will soon join the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress president Rahul Gandhi. He has taken permission from the SKM general body, held here on Sunday, to...
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