Tag: Modi Govt

Modi’s government bypasses SC & Law Commission, no nuanced, strong penal sections on Hate Speech: BNS, 2023

Why did the Modi-led Union Government ignore the Law Commission’s 267 th Report and evolving jurisprudence (judgements of the Supreme Court of India) on crucial suggestions to strengthen laws on Hate Speech?

India’s Telecommunications Act notified, ushers in “modernisation”with privacy concerns

Sections 1, 2, 10 to 30, 42 to 44, 46, 47, 50 to 58, 61 and 62 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 notified

Modi 3.0 Govt Deals a Blow to Workers’ Hard-Earned PF/Pension Money: CITU

The central trade union has condemned the recent notification to drastically reduce penalty charges on employers defaulting in payment of EPF, EPS, EDLI contributions.

The 17th Lok Sabha in review

From highest number of MPs being suspended to lowest number of working days amongst full-term Lok Sabhas, 17th Lok Sabha is historic first for many reasons

Billboard governance: Under Modi, majority of 906 schemes faced funding squeeze

The Union government that ran 906 central sector schemes in its last tenure underfunded 71.9% of them. On one out of every five schemes, the government spent less than half of what it promised in the budget.

What’s Bill Gates up to? Have ‘irregularities’ found in funding HPV vaccine trials faded?

After having read the 72nd report of the Department Related Parliamentary...

Tyre cartel pays ruling BJP for govt’s connivance in ruining rubber farmers, plantation workers, small and medium traders & MSMEs alleges AIKS

The CPI-M affiliated All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has urged Prime Minister Modi to stop shedding crocodile tears for rubber farmers when his party has received money from leading tyre monopolies to buy government silence on “illegal caretelisation”

Mumbai: AAP protestors experience extreme police brutality, allege arbitrary detentions

AAP leaders and volunteers had been protesting against the “illegal” arrest of Delhi CM and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal outside the ED Mumbai office late nigh Thursday, March 21

Déjà vu, a film that depicts the chilling effects of corporate-contract farming, resonates with Indian farmer’s protests

The film, inspired by the 2020-2021 Indian farmers protest against the now repealed three contentious farm laws offers viewers a unique insight; it explains how MSP is nothing but a levelling of urban & rural incomes at no cost to the consumer; director, Bedabrata Pain and two others drove over 10,000 kilometres, at the height of the pandemic, through the food bowl of America, capturing the heart-wrenching accounts of American farmers who became victims of the “mind-set of the market” 40 years ago.

Maulana Azad Foundation terminated by Centre as government cuts down on minority schemes

On February 7, the Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) issued an abrupt order to close down the Maulana Azad Education Foundation, without offering any explanation for the decision.

What they don’t want you to know: youth protests against Modi government

As farmers’ protests continue to take place and meet brutal state repression, the rest of the country is also not calm and youths across the country are being seen protesting against the central government for basic issues such as employment, paper re-tests, and so forth

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