-TheWire.in The Bill promotes a two-child policy, and says those in violation will be barred from contesting local body elections, applying to government jobs or receiving any government subsidy. New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh Law Commission has released a draft population control Bill – but had it been a law, 50% of the Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs in the state would have been in violation. The Bill promotes a two-child policy, and says...
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Opinion: The Obvious Intent Of The Two-Child Policy -Rajmohan Gandhi
-NDTV.com Two BJP chief ministers, UP's Yogi Adityanath and Assam's Himanta Biswa Sarma, both of them young by the standards of Indian politics, do not owe their political strength to either Narendra Modi or the RSS. As chief mahant or priest of Gorakhpur's influential religious math and as head of Gorakhpur's Hindu Vahini (a youth organization run in his name), 49-year-old Adityanath was championing Hindu nationalism independently of the BJP far...
More »Delhi communal riots: Facebook’s role ‘must be looked into’, says SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Business Line The Supreme Court adds that the panel cannot behave like a prosecution agency The Supreme Court on Thursday said Facebook ought to appear before the Delhi Legislative Assembly Committee of Peace and Harmony, enquiring into the circumstances leading to the February 2020 communal riots. Investigation of a socially complicated problem is within the domain of the Legislature, the court noted. A judgement pronounced by Justice S.K. Kaul, however, said the...
More »Maharashtra govt to move resolution rejecting Centre's farm laws in monsoon session: Report
-PTI/ Livemint.com The council of ministers also gave its nod to a resolution requesting the Centre to decide about restoration of the quota for Marathas in government jobs and education Mumbai: Rejection of the three Central agriculture laws is one of the three resolutions approved by the Maharashtra cabinet on Sunday which will be moved in the monsoon session of the state Legislature beginning Monday, sources said. The council of ministers also gave...
More »Tamil Nadu’s revenue, fiscal deficits understated in 2018-19: CAG
-The Hindu There was a total expenditure of ₹1.34 crore without appropriation by Legislature Tamil Nadu’s revenue deficit of ₹23,459.44 crore during 2018-19 was understated by ₹3,757.23 crore and fiscal deficit by ₹1,300.49 crore primarily owing to short transfers totalling ₹1,366 crore towards various reserve funds, such as sinking fund and guarantee redemption fund, according to the Comptroller and Auditor-General’s report on State finances for the year ended March 2019. There were...
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