-Hindustan Times More than 20,000 guest teachers are employed in 1,030 government schools across Delhi. Paid between Rs 1,040 and Rs 1,400 per day, their contracts are renewed every year. New Delhi: An English teacher is forced to sell vegetables on the road; a natural science teacher has set up a bicycle puncture repair shop; and a Sanskrit teacher has returned to his village to work on wheat fields. Many guest teachers working...
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Transparency during a crisis -Anjali Bhardwaj
-The Hindu Proper implementation of the Right to Information Act is more crucial now than ever before Right to Information (RTI) applications seeking information pertaining to the PM CARES Fund have been stonewalled. No information exists on the official website of the Fund regarding the amount collected, names of donors, expenditure incurred, or details of beneficiaries. The trust deed of the fund chaired by the Prime Minister is not available for public...
More »The tale of two economies: What changed in 30 years -Vivek Kaul
-Livemint.com World Bank data shows that India’s per capita income, as of 2019, is about a fifth of China’s. What changed in the last THRee decades? Mint explores Until 1990, India’s per capita income was higher than that of China. However, data from the World Bank shows that India’s per capita income, as of 2019, is about a fifth of China’s. What changed in the last THRee decades? Mint explores. What was China’s...
More »India’s THRee new agricultural ordinances will weaken state finances – and shortchange farmers -Narasimha Reddy Donthi
-Scroll.in The Central government has THRown its weight behind traders, investors and corporations. THRee ordinances approved at a cabinet meeting on June 3 were hailed as landmark decisions that would benefit Indian farmers and transform the agricultural sector. One of these, the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, amends the existing act to remove all agricultural commodities from the list of essential commodities. The government assumes that “the freedom to produce, hold, move, distribute...
More »All you want to know about coal mine auctions -Satya Sontanam
-The Hindu Business Line Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi THRew open the auction of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining. The decision, which was part of the announcements made by the Centre under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, was already proposed in January THRough the Mineral Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020. What is it? These auctions invite participants to mine coal blocks by bids on the percentage value of coal sold that they will...
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