Data: As 19 States record an increase in forest cover, experts highlight the issues with methodology
As per the ‘India State of Forest Report (ISFR)’ for the year 2021, 19 states…
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Data: Number of Padma Awardees (including Bharat Ratna) cross 5000 with the 2022 awards
The government announced the Padma Awards for the year 2022 recently. With the 2022 awards,…
Data: Complaints to Banking Ombudsman increased by about 11% in 2020-21
RBI recently released the Annual Report of Ombudsman Schemes for the year 2020-21. The report…
Data: Forest Cover in India increased by about 22000 sq.km between 2011 & 2021, the size of Mizoram
The ‘India State of Forest Report (ISFR)’ for the year 2021 was released recently by…
Data: Between 2005 & 2021, Tableau from Jammu & Kashmir was part of every Republic Day Parade except 2021
https://youtu.be/B6o1zOTh11Q With multiple Chief Ministers writing to the PM expressing displeasure about their state’s tableau…
Data: Share of Women employees in the select nine sectors increases as per the latest Quarterly Employment Survey
The second-quarter report of the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) for the period July to September…
Review: Committee refuses to drop important assurances as ‘Long time for fulfilment cannot be the sole reason to drop’
In this second part on dropping assurances, we review the assurances that were dropped for…
Review: Why is the assurance on ‘Pre-Nuptial Agreements’ dropped?
The “Committee on Governance Assurances” is authorized to drop assurances made by the government on…
Data: Share of Undertrials in Indian prisons crossed 75% by the end of 2020
Data from the NCRB ‘Prison Statistics India-2020’ indicates that the number of undertrials in Indian…
Data: Prisons in India continue to be Overcrowded despite COVID-19
Multiple institutions including the Supreme Court, NHRC, the UN had called for decongestion of prisons,…
