The smart card versus unique identity number battle between P. Chidambaram and Montek Singh Ahluwalia will hit the ground tomorrow at Porthapur village in Andaman and Nicobar Islands when the home minister hands out the first tranche of 2.56 lakh resident identity cards. The resident cards are a rival to the unique identity number conceived by the Planning Commission to establish authentic identification for each resident and cut out corruption in...
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Government plans to make rape law gender neutral by Himanshi Dhawan
The government has proposed that the offence of rape be made "gender neutral" by amending the law so that sexual assault on men can also be proceeded against under the same statute. It also plans to make specific laws on stalking and acid Attacks on women. The change in the rape law is being drafted by the ministry of women and child development (WCD) as part of the criminal law (amendment)...
More »Rahul blows MNREGS trumpet in Bundelkhand
-The Times of India Blaming the past governments for the current plight of Bundelkhand region, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged state minister and senior BSP leader Nassemuddin Siddiqui had given the tractors to his sons, which were meant for farmers and sent by the Centre. Addressing a public meeting at Lalitpur, Rahul Gandhi said that when he visited Bundelkhand two years ago, he saw the plight of the...
More »SC directs National Seeds Corporation to compensate farmers by Sanjay K Singh
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a state-run company to compensate farmers for supplying defective seeds to them. The court rejected the plea of National Seeds Corporation that it was not liable to pay compensation as it was governed by the provisions of the Seeds Act 1966 and not the Consumer Protection Act 1986. A bench comprising Justices GS Singhvi and AK Ganguly said there is nothing in Seeds Act that...
More »States can grow 1% for every 10% new Internet connections
-PTI Economies of Indian states can grow 1.08% faster with every 10% increase in Internet and broadband connections, says a study released today by Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). Consequently, for every 10% increase in Internet and broadband penetration, India could potentially add $17 billion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the report said. "Our first major finding is the existence of a positive and significant coefficient on Internet....
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