-The Telegraph The percentage of vacant seats across 24 districts in Jharkhand is very high and the situation being worse in Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Seraikela-Kharsawan: Banna Jamshedpur: Crusaders of Right to Education campaign have approached state education minister Jagarnath Mahato about the alleged violation of RTE Act provisions by unaided private schools and to ensure their complete implementation in the next academic session (2022-23). “Recent surveys in Jharkhand have presented some troubling ground...
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UP Polls: Farmers Most Deprived of MSP in Double Engine State -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Just 15% of wheat and 32% of rice was procured by the government at MSP rates. The rest was sold below MSP to traders. Uttar Pradesh (UP) produced 58.32 million tonnes of food grains in 2020-21, the highest among all states. It was nearly 19% or one-fifth of the country's production. Foodgrains include wheat and rice, the two major crops, and various coarse cereals and pulses. UP was the country’s leading...
More »A Story of Intimidation, Illegality and (No) Right to Information in Gujarat -Anusha R
-Newsclick.in With the increasing political climate of stifled dialogue and dissent, a denial of information sought in the legitimate interest of the public, imposing fines, and subsequent ambiguity in the face of procedural safeguards is not just disheartening, but also dangerous. It is the year 2022, almost 17 years since the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act) has been passed. Albeit, in a functional democracy, the emerging field realities would have...
More »Tarun Bajaj, Revenue Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, interviewed by Vikas Dhoot (The Hindu)
-The Hindu It would be much easier for the government to provide relief to people if the tax base was wider, says Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj, noting that four crore people don’t file returns though the tax department gets some TDS collections on their account. With major customs duty rationalisation done and corporate tax settled, the government hopes to finish some pending reforms in personal income tax and GST, creating a...
More »CPI(M) MP Kareem Moves Private Member’s Bill to Repeal Four Labour Codes -Ronak Chhabra
-Newsclick.in Speaking to NewsClick in a telephone interview on Friday, the Rajya Sabha leader lamented that the Centre has “not accepted even a single recommendation” that was made to it by Standing Committee on Labour in its different reports over the Labour Codes. New Delhi: Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha MP Elamaram Kareem on Friday introduced a Private Member’s Bill that seeks to repeal the contentious four Labour Codes which...
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