-Livemint.com * Trying to project lower interest rates as a panacea for everything isn’t the right way to go about it. The central Government just played an April Fool’s joke on a large section of India’s middle class, which invests in small savings schemes. Late Wednesday evening, the Government announced a substantial cut in interest rates on small savings schemes for the three months to June. The interest rates on Senior Citizen Savings Scheme...
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A house of dreams -Shriya Mohan
-The Hindu Business Line A model rehabilitation project for 100 families of rescued bonded labourers kicks off in Tiruvannamalai, granting them dignity of shelter and livelihood * Ready to be inaugurated in the next few weeks, the neat rows of green and white houses... carry the smell of fresh paint and brimming hope of its 564 residents * The colony is the Tamil Nadu Government’s attempt at creating a model rehabilitation village that...
More »They made it to college. Despite all odds. But pandemic apathy is making Adivasi students drop out -Prashant Rathod
-Scroll.in If Maharashtra Government doesn’t act soon, an entire generation of students from Melghat’s tribal communities will be pushed out of higher education. Jaylal Dhikar wakes up at 4 am. While it is still dark, the 22-year-old climbs up a stony hillock a few miles from his home. He walks from one end of the flat hillock to the other looking for a mobile network on his basic smartphone. All by himself,...
More »Farmers plan ‘wake-up call’ to Government
-The Hindu Farmers will march peacefully to Parliament in May, says Samyukt Kisan Morcha. Thousands of farmers who have been protesting the three farm reform laws on the borders of Delhi will march to Parliament on foot in the first fortnight of May, Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders said on Wednesday. They also plan to block the Western Peripheral Expressway surrounding Delhi for 24 hours on April 10 and 11 as a...
More »Curbs on Indian media continue: U.S. rights report -Sriram Lakshman
-The Hindu Notes several instances of govt pressure on media outlets Washington DC: In its 2020 Human Rights Report, the U.S. State Department said the harassment and detention of journalists critical of the (Indian) Government in their reporting and on social media, has continued, although the Government generally respected the freedom of expression. It also said Government’s requests for user data from Internet companies had increased “dramatically.” The report, which is submitted each...
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