-Scroll.in The BJP suggested low exclusion rates in border districts meant the NRC was inaccurate. Political analysts in the state say migration levels have dropped. On August 1, the Assam government released the district-wise break-up of the 40.07 lakh people who were left out of the draft of the National Register of Citizens published on July 31, 2018. When the draft was published last year, the Supreme Court had ordered the state...
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Assam districts panic, notices at night for NRC hearings 300 km away -Abhishek Saha
-The Indian Express With the short deadline adding to the panic, and the government tight-lipped, villagers across the two districts hired vehicles to make the long travel, many of them for the first time in their lives. ON SUNDAY, Abu Sama and Abu Bakkar boarded a packed bus with their young children and wives, hoping to make it to a hearing of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Jorhat, over...
More »'Accelerating exodus from farming key to achieve target of doubling income' -Richard Mahapatra
-Down to Earth To double farmers’ income reduce the number of farmers, suggest policy makers Among senior officials in the Union government and members of the Niti Aayog, conversations now start and end with one subject: “doubling farmers’ income by 2022”. Clearly, the obsession with open defecation-free India is over as, unofficially, India has achieved the target before the October 2019 deadline. But the new target to double farmers’ income by 2022 has...
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-PTI Job cuts may affect technical staff too, says dealers’ association Around two lakh jobs have Been laid off across automobile dealerships in the country in the last three months as vehicle retailers attempt to tide over the impact of the unprecedented sales slump, according to industry body FADA. With no immediate signs of recovery, the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) fears that the job cuts may continue with more showrooms being...
More »Changes in Motor Vehicle law could open floodgates to graft: Experts -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Drivers and riders will become “ATMs for traffic policemen and transport department officials”, traffic and safety experts have cautioned the government while suggesting that preparatory steps be taken before high penalties for violations kick in. Amendments in the motor vehicle law have Been passed by Rajya Sabha and are all set to pass through Lok Sabha on Monday where BJP has a majority. One of the...
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