-TheWire.in From SAD breaking off its alliance with the BJP to the Republic Day violence, the Lakhimpur Kheri incident and the Singhu border killings, the movement successfully forced the Modi government to repeal the laws. Chandigarh: While there were several ups and downs during the year-long farmers’ protests, there were six major phases that defined the movement and kept it alive. In June 2020, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
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Nagaland govt to discuss Armed Forces Special Powers Act -Umanand Jaiswal
-The Telegraph Several organisations demand special session after the counter-insurgency operation led to the security forces killing 14 civilians at Oting in Mon district last week Guwahati: The Nagaland government has decided to hold a daylong special session of the Assembly to discuss the Armed Forces Special Powers Act and the ongoing Naga political talks, stepping up pressure on the Centre to have the “abusive law” repealed. Several organisations, including the Naga Students’...
More »Kerala and Tamil Nadu bucked the trend of falling Total Fertility Rate, indicates the latest NFHS data
After the release of the second phase data of the National Family Health Survey Fifth Round (NFHS-5), media commentators and experts have written that the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) for India has gone down just below the replacement-level fertility. The TFR for the entire nation was 2.2 in 2015-16, which decreased to 2.0 in 2019-21. According to the United Nations, the replacement-level fertility is reached when the TFR of a...
More »‘Withdraw order on mandatory use of health card in govt. hospitals’ -Bishwanath Ghosh
-The Hindu Bengal doctor’s association writes to Mamata saying the order will only fatten wallets of insurance firms A prominent association of doctors in West Bengal has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, asking her to revoke a recent order that makes it mandatory for patients to use the Swasthya Sathi card while seeking treatment in government-run hospitals. Swasthya Sathi is the Trinamool Congress Government’s insurance scheme providing a cover of ₹5 lakh...
More »Economists question Reserve Bank of India’s inflation claims -
-The Telegraph The central bank on Wednesday surprised observers when it retained its retail inflation forecast at 5.3 per cent for 2021-22 Economists have questioned the RBI’s projection that inflation will glide down to 4 per cent levels by the end of the next fiscal. They said the upward pressure on prices is likely to persist at least in the near-term on higher input costs amid supply chain bottlenecks. The RBI on Wednesday surprised...
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