-PTI The first meeting of the SCES is scheduled on January 6, 2020 The statistics ministry has constituted a 28 member Standing Committee on Statistics (SCES) chaired by former Chief Statistician Pronab Sen to improve quality of data amid criticism of the government over political interference. “The first meeting of the SCES is scheduled on January 6, 2020. The agenda would be very broad based. We will come to know about that only...
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Centre pushes for transfer of Sebi's surplus into its accounts -Rajeev Jayaswal
-Hindustan Times Sebi and some of the other regulators initially opposed the plan, citing concerns about loss of autonomy, but the government wants to go ahead with its plan, and finalise the transfer before the next budget is presented on February 1, 2020. New Delhi: The government is pushing ahead with its plan, underlined in Union Budget 2019, to transfer 75% of market watchdog SECurities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) surplus...
More »Rajasthan: 77 infants dead in December in Kota hospital, govt admits problems -Deep Mukherjee
-The Indian Express Speaking to reporters after visiting the hospital on Friday, SECretary, Medical Education Department, Vaibhav Galriya, said there were several problems at the hospital, including improper maintenance of equipment and shortage of oxygen lines. Jaipur: THE Rajasthan government has set up a high-level committee to inquiry into the deaths of 77 infants in the first 24 days of December at J K Lon Government Hospital in Kota. Ten of the...
More »Parley | What are the amendments that the CAA needs? -Jayant Sriram
-The Hindu India should ensure a clear, non-discriminatory and inclusive refugee policy Providing protection, and a home, to refugees facing perSECution of any kind is a welcome idea but the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) has faced more questions about the people it excludes than those it takes in its ambit. Jayant Sriram speaks to Gautam Bhatia (columnist and Constitutional lawyer) and Priya Pillai (international lawyer and head of the Asia Justice Coalition...
More »Faizan Mustafa: Which Documents Will be Required for the NRIC?
-ICF Team/ Newsclick.in At the moment, the looming NPR process betokens a loss of liberty to Indians whether through their inclusion as citizens or their exclusion as illegal immigrants. Dismissing Amit Shah’s statement that the process for the registration of citizens is yet to be worked out, Prof Faizan Mustafa warns that the data collected for the National Population Register (NPR) under Census 2020 will later be used for the National...
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