-The Telegraph Apex court asks Centre to place before it the communication issued to RBI on November 7, 2016, recommending policy The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and the RBI to file comprehensive affidavits to justify the demonetisation decision of 2016, rejecting the government’s contention that the issue was now Merely “academic” and any hearing would be a “waste of the court’s time”. The apex court asked the Centre to place...

-NDTV.com Wherever we may be in other matters in global rankings, in one we are right at the top. India, where 800 million people are still dependent on government doles for a meal, has the dubious distinction of carrying out the most expensive democratic elections in the world. It has been estimated that the 2019 parliamentary elections cost US $2 billion. In addition, parties and individual candidates spent another US $5...

-Newsclick.in On Thursday, activists alleged that owing to a “shortage of schools” in the city, over 80,000 children have been denied admission to government schools in the recent past; the Merger-closure policy has also led to a “steep decline” in the classroom teaching-learning process, according to them. New Delhi: The continuing Merger of state-run schools in the national capital in the name of rationalisation has come under flak for leading to “severe...

-PTI/ The Telegraph As the hearing commenced, a constitution bench headed by Justice S.A. Nazeer wondered if the matter survives consideration at this stage The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it will examine if the challenge to the Centre’s 2016 demonetisation decision has become a Mere “academic exercise”, and posted it for consideration on October 12.  As the hearing commenced, a constitution bench headed by Justice S.A. Nazeer wondered if the matter survives...

-The Hindu The study calls for raising it to 1.6% to 2.2% of GDP The government expenditure in India on early childhood education (ECE) for children between the age of three years and six years is a Mere 0.1% of the GDP, and the average spend per child of ₹8,297 per annum is at least a fourth of desired levels, according to a new study. The research conducted jointly by the Centre for...