-Press release by Mineral Inheritors Rights Association dated August 4, 2022 The promises made by the INC during the 2018 elections for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in the Mining and Allied Activities portion of their manifesto are yet to be implemented. Four years have passed, and the Indian National Congress (INC) has yet to implement any of the five promises stated in the Mining & Allied Section of their 2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative...
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Making sense of the ‘freebies’ issue -Dipa Sinha
-The Hindu Most welfare schemes contribute to improving human development outcomes, also resulting in higher growth Concern over ‘freebies’ in Indian politics has recently been expressed by those in the highest offices in the country. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Bundelkhand Expressway (Uttar Pradesh) on July 16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned youth not to get carried away by the ‘revari culture’, where votes are sought by promising ‘freebies’. He...
More »Progress in health and education can help in population stabilisation
With the release of a UNDESA report on the World Population Day this year i.e., July 11, once again the debate on who's responsible for the population growth in India has resurfaced. Titled World Population Prospects 2022, the report states that the global population is expected to touch 8 billion on November 15, 2022, and India is projected to exceed China as the world’s most populous country in 2023. As soon as...
More »The jobs crisis is not merely an economic mishap, it signals the destruction of India’s future -Seema Chisti
-CaravanMagazine.in In the build-up to the 2014 general election, Narendra Modi, the prime-ministerial candidate for the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, rode on the promise of millions of jobs for youngsters. At a rally in Agra, in November 2013, he mocked the United Progressive Alliance government for not delivering on jobs. Five years on, as prime minister, he famously said, “If someone opens a pakora shop in front of your office, does...
More »Dr. Gopal Krishna, law and policy researcher, and a member of the Citizens Forum for Civil Liberties, interviewed by Gursimran Kaur Bakshi (TheLeaflet.in)
-TheLeaftlet.in ‘Convergence of all sensitive databases is another unmet open constitutional challenge’, says law and policy researcher, Dr. Gopal Krishna THE Comptroller and Auditor General of India [CAG] published an audit report titled ‘Functioning of Unique Identification Authority of India’ on April 6, 2022. The Aadhaar project, established through the Unique Identification Authority of India [UIDAI] in January 2009, has generated more than 129.04 crore Aadhaars till the end of March 2021....
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