-The Hindu Pandemic relief was to end in March 2022. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) for another six months till September 2022. The scheme was originally introduced in April 2020 a month into the first lockdown during the initial onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the sixth phase of PM-GKAY. The Phase-V of the scheme was...
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BSP is on the verge of extinction in Uttar Pradesh -Amitabh Tiwari
-Moneycontrol.com The BSP has recorded a humiliating performance in UP once considered its bastion. Unless Mayawati initiates immediate reforms, the party will fade into oblivion The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has received a drubbing in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections. It has recorded its worst performance since inception, largely due to a bipolar contest which saw its non-core as well as some core voters shift to the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the...
More »BJP has the most diversified representation. See caste composition of new UP assembly -Arvind Kumar
-ThePrint.in The BJP seems to have overturned the game of rival political parties claiming to be the harbinger of social justice and welfare on their own turf. Caste and religion remained dominant factors in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election. And the political parties mobilised voters with social engineering and developmental discourse both. Hence, it becomes essential to investigate the social profile of the new UP legislature. I provide a descriptive analysis of the newly...
More »SKM likely to meet in Delhi tomorrow to re-start farmers’ protests: Report
-Livemint.com The farmers had announced suspension of their protest in November last year after PM Modi announced repeal of three farm laws The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), group of over 40 farm organisations that spearheaded years-long protest over farm laws against Centre, is likely to meet in Delhi on March 14 to discuss re-starting agitation, The Hindustan Times reported on Sunday. The SKM also contested recently concluded Assembly Elections in Punjab but...
More »Why more women voted for the BJP in 2022 elections -Rahul Verma
-IndiaToday.in More women voted for the BJP than men in all four states that the party won in the recently concluded Assembly Elections, according to the data. Here's why. The story of women voting in India has added one more puzzle for social scientists to decipher. In the past decade, the research largely focused on the increasing voter registration among women and their higher turnout rate at polling booths. The combined effect...
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