-National Herald Universal cash transfer to non-INCome tax households is imperative apart from covering investment on infrastructure, INCluding social infrastructure like healthcare A striking aspect of the 24 per cent decline in GDP in the first quarter of 2020-21 compared to the previous year’s first quarter is the decline by 10.3 per cent in public administration, defence and other public services. This is a sector where the GDP is estimated not by...
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Arsenic-affected habitations in India up 145% in last 5 yrs - Shagun Kapil
-Down to Earth The country had 1,800 arsenic-affected habitations in 2015. This INCreased to 4,421 as on September 17 The number of arsenic-affected habitations in the country INCreased by 145 per cent in the last five years, according to data shared with the Parliament September 18, 2020. The country had 1,800 arsenic-affected habitations in 2015. This INCreased to 4,421 as on September 17, 2020, according to a reply given to Lok Sabha by...
More »NHRC orders Assam govt to pay ₹1 lakh to man thrashed by mob for selling beef
-The Hindu Rights panel acts on the basis of complaint by Congress MLA Debabrata Saikia GUWAHATI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ordered the Assam government to pay ₹1 lakh to a 48-year-old man who was thrashed more than a year ago in Biswanath district for selling cooked beef at his tea stall at a weekly market. The order was issued on the basis of a complaint filed by Congress MLA Debabrata...
More »India should opt for INCome support so that pandemic does not turn into a financial crisis -Jahangir Aziz
-The Indian Express What is needed is ample INCome support for households and firms now so that the recovery is not hamstrung by excessively damaged balance sheets Even a cursory reading of Brazil’s recent history will confirm that the adoption of the all-encompassing cap on government spending in late 2016 was critical in rescuing the economy from the crisis of 2014-16. After riding the commodity boom of the 2000s, economic mismanagement and a...
More »Migrant workers' deaths: Govt says it has no data. But didn't people die? Here is a list - Mukesh Rawat
-IndiaToday.in The Modi govt has told Parliament it does not have data of migrant workers who died during the lockdown. India Today sheds light on data documenting those who died while desperately trying to reach their homes. While presenting the Union Budget 2020 in Parliament on February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman outlined the importance of data and said that in order to meet challenges of real-time monitoring of India's INCreasingly complex...
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