-The Hindu The draft CAA, 2019 rules are likely to seek documents from applicants that they entered India before December 31, 2014 and that they belong to the six religions exempted under the Act. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) rules are expected to seek “proof of religion” as mentioned in government records, a senior official of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Monday. The draft CAA, 2019, rules are likely to...
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Civil society presses for an increase in budgetary allocation for MGNREGA in FY 2020-21
-Press release by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha dated 27 January, 2020 As the Indian economy continues to languish, the government ignores the advice given by several noted economists, including that of the most recent Nobel winner Abhijit Banerjee, to improve the functioning of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). The economy is facing blow after blow. India has the highest rates of unemployment in the past 45 years and food inflation...
More »Migrant workers herded to three centres in Kodagu for ID check
-The New Indian Express Thousands of migrant workers, mostly employed in coffee estates across Kodagu, were taken to three centres in the district on Thursday as police carried out an identity verification exercise. MADIKERI: Thousands of migrant workers, mostly employed in coffee estates across Kodagu, were taken to three centres in the district on Thursday as police carried out an identity verification exercise. The centres in Madikeri, Virajpet and Kushalnagar towns were...
More »Merely 4% of city's 2,064 homeless people aware of welfare schemes -Saurabh Prashar
-The Indian Express The survey, which was submitted to MC Commissioner KK Yadav, also concludes that 94.6 per cent people (1953 out of 2,064) are permanently homeless and 5.4 percent people (111) are temporarily homeless in Chandigarh. Chandigarh: About 96 per cent of the total 2,064 homeless people in Chandigarh are unaware of the welfare schemes introduced by the central government, says a joint survey conducted by the Centre for Social Work...
More »The Indian State's approach to CAA-NRC is flawed -Suraj Gogoi
-Hindustan Times In science, an anomaly in an experiment does not amount to abandoning a certain theory or method involved in the experiment. Experiments are run again, and corrective measures are taken to prevent or minimise anomalies. When it comes to the NRC and CAA, is the Indian State thinking the way a scientist would treat their experiments? How does the Indian State think and reason when it encounters a crisis? Is...
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