-Down to Earth Over 100 doctors across India submit letter to PM Modi warning of health concerns Doctors across India have come together to express their concern against the plantation of genetically modified (GM) mustard crops, which recently received the Centre’s go-ahead for its environmental clearance. A letter has been submitted by 111 doctors across various fields to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding immediate uprooting of the trial plantations of the genetically modified...
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Supreme Court asks Centre what steps it has taken to ensure every migrant labourer gets food -Kanu Sarda
-India Today ‘It is the duty of the Central government to ensure food grains under the NFSA reach the last man. We are not saying that the Centre is not doing anything,’ the bench said. The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to clarify what steps it had taken so far to ensure that every migrant labourer in this country gets food. A bench led by Justice MR Shah told Additional Solicitor...
More »No one should sleep empty stomach, govt duty to ensure foodgrains reach the last man, says SC
-PTI/ ThePrint.in A bench of Justices MR Shah and Hima Kohli directed the Centre to submit a fresh chart with the number of migrant and unorganised sector workers registered on eShram portal. New Delhi: It is our culture to ensure nobody goes to sleep empty stomach, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday and asked the central government to see to it that foodgrains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) reaches the...
More »Would the government have brushed aside the Reserve Bank of India if it had objected to demonetisation, Supreme Court asks Centre
-The Hindu The question came in response to the Attorney General’s statement that the government and the RBI had ‘acted in consultation’ to notify demonetisation in November 2016 The Supreme Court on Monday asked the government whether it would have brushed aside objections from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had the Central bank opposed the demonetisation policy. The question from the Constitution Bench led by Justice S. Abdul Nazeer came after Attorney...
More »Eminent Economists Recommend More Pensions, Maternity Benefits in Next Budget
-Newsclick.in In an open letter addressed to Nirmala Sitharaman, 51 eminent economists have flagged less contribution to NOAPS and the lack of action on ensuring maternity benefits. Several prominent economists have proposed to the Union finance ministry to increase social security pensions and make adequate provisions for maternity benefits in the 2023-24 Union Budget. In an open letter addressed to Union finance minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman, 51 eminent economists—including Abhijeet Singh (Stockholm School...
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