-The Indian Express India’s GDP 2020-21: This year, India’s per capita GDP, per capita private consumption and the level of investments in the economy — all will fall to levels last seen in 2016-17 or earlier, reveals latest official GDP data. On Thursday, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the First Advance Estimates (FAE) for the current financial year. According to MoSPI, India’s gross domestic product (GDP) — the total...
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Another interfaith couple receives protection by the Allahabad HC
-Sabrang.in The court noted that the couple was being harassed and directed the SP to look into their grievances and offer them protection if necessary “The Court has repeatedly held that where the two individuals having attained the age of majority, are living together, nobody is entitled to interfere in their peaceful life”, held Justice Saral Srivastava of the Allahabad High Court, coming to the aid of an interfaith couple. In this instance,...
More »Why public employment is crucial for a healthy, equitable society -Jayati Ghosh
-Scroll.in Greater public employment ensures better deliver of public services to citizens. This is an excerpt from the sixth edition of the India Exclusion Report, a collaborative effort involving institutions and individuals working with a shared notion of social and economic equity, justice and rights. The report seeks to inform public opinion around exclusion and the role of the state and to influence policy-making towards creating a more inclusive, equitable and just...
More »Covid effect: 8.4 lakh migrants back in Kerala from abroad, 5.5 lakh lost their jobs -Shaju Philip
-The Indian Express With the figures indicating that the job crisis triggered by Covid-19 continues, Kerala economy may be facing long-term impact, with remittances from abroad, mainly West Asia, its lifeline. Thiruvananthapuram: AMIDST the Covid-19 pandemic-induced economic crisis, 5.52 lakh people who have returned to Kerala from abroad since May last year have given loss of jobs as reason, according to government data. As per figures compiled by the DepARTment of Non-Resident Keralites...
More »Farmers’ tractor march today, Haryana Police gives go-ahead -Sukhbir Siwach
-The Indian Express Police officers said the march will affect movement of normal traffic on the expressway, especially from Kundli border to Tikri border for around four hours. Chandigarh: The Haryana Police has given a go-ahead for farmers’ tractor march on KMP (Kundli-Manesar-Palwal) Expressway Thursday. Police estimate around 2,500 tractors will be on the expressway from 11 am to 4 pm when the march will take place. “In-principle, we have decided to give...
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