-Hindustan Times People in delhi and Punjab are the richest, with more than 60% of their households in the top wealth quintile. Why is Gujarat like Christians and delhi like Jains? The analogy has nothing to do with religious beliefs of these two states. However, the comparison holds if one were to compare wealth levels of the population in these two states with that of the two religious groups, on the basis of...
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Explicit Prejudice: Evidence from a New Survey -Diane Coffey, Payal Hathi, Nidhi Khurana and Amit Thorat
-Economic and Political Weekly A representative phone survey to study explicit prejudice against women and Dalits in delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan reveals widespread prejudice in several domains and discusses the consequences for women and Dalits, and society as a whole. The results suggest the need for a more robust public discourse and active approach to measuring and challenging prejudice and discrimination. Please click here to read more. ...
More »Union Budget to tackle rural distress, job creation, investments -Gireesh Chandra Prasad
-Livemint.com Immediate challenges to economy top talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior ministers and economists, sector experts from across India New delhi: The government on Wednesday signalled that the Union budget for 2018-19 would include solutions for vexed problems such as rural distress, weak employment and revival of private investments. These immediate challenges to the economy topped the extensive discussion that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior cabinet colleagues had on Wednesday...
More »Crop insurance scheme likely to get ? 13,000cr in FY19 budget
-PTI New delhi: The government is likely to increase the budget allocation for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) to ? 13,000 crore for 2018-19 from ?10,701 crore for the current financial year. The Union Budget for 2018-19 will be presented on February 1. Under the upgraded crop insurance scheme PMFBY that was launched early 2016, farmers pay very nominal premium and get full claim for damages. Budget allocation for the PMFBY could...
More »Aadhaar query on homeless -R Balaji
-The Telegraph New delhi: The Supreme Court has stumped the Centre by wondering how it intends to issue Aadhaar cards to innumerable homeless persons in the country in the absence of a residential identity. The court also wondered how the homeless could be given any national identity at all when they do not have any individual proof of residence. "A person who is homeless, how will you give an Aadhaar card?" a bench...
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