-Press release by Right to Food Campaign dated 28 September, 2018 Exactly a year ago, 11-year-old Santoshi Kumari of Simdega died of starvation while asking her mother for rice. Her family’s ration card was cancelled for not being linked to Aadhaar. In the last one year, at least 15 people have died due to hunger. Of these, 6 were Adivasis, 4 Dalits, and 5 of backward castes. All these deaths happened...
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In UP's sugar bowl, harvest is rich but not sweet -V Kumara Swamy
-The Telegraph With an overload of cane price arrears, V Kumara Swamy warns of a looming crisis for farmers Until a few years ago, you could tell the seasons in western Uttar Pradesh when you drove down its highways just by looking at the standing crops. In winter, one would see an unending landscape of swaying wheat and mustard, during summer it would be all sugarcane and paddy. These days, almost through the...
More »Model code curbs on caretaker govts
-The Telegraph A commission source said the same restrictions could in future be applied to the Centre if Parliament is dissolved before its term ends The Election Commission on Thursday imposed on caretaker governments in states restrictions similar to those in force when the model code of conduct for polls is in place, almost a month after the Telangana Assembly was prematurely dissolved. A commission source said the same restrictions could in future...
More »Host Of Private Companies, Organisations Shut Out Of Aadhaar, But Identity Law Stands -Tish Sanghera & Chaitanya Mallapur
-India Spend Mumbai: Private entities cannot demand Aadhaar data to authenticate identity. Individuals must be allowed to file complaints against the use of their data. Information can be accessed for matters of national security only when a judicial officer such as a sitting High Court judge has sanctioned it. These were the highlights in a series of landmark rulings by India’s Supreme Court as it ruled against the use of an...
More »Estimates panel quizzes PMO on Rajan's report
-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: The Estimates Committee of Parliament has asked the PMO, Coal Ministry and various banks to respond to queries on NPAs emanating from former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan’s report. The committee is headed by veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. Sources in the committee told BusinessLine that the PMO, ministry and lenders have been asked how the NPAs — estimated at ?9 lakh crore — piled up...
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