Review: What does the new Draft National Policy for Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), 2021 contain?
The government recently released a new draft policy for Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), 2021. While the draft proposes multiple measures…
A 2018 video from Maharashtra of workers vandalising solar panels over unpaid wages is falsely shared as from Rajasthan, driven by Religious beliefs
https://youtu.be/_W3htA8vXu0 A video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) shows a group of men and women vandalising…
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Data: Utilization of ‘Cesses & Surcharges’ for the intended purpose remains a concern
As we highlighted earlier, the increase in the share of ‘Cesses & Surcharges’ in centre’s…
Data: Where are we on Maternal & Child Mortality indicators?
Over many years, India has made considerable progress on many of the maternal & child…
Data: Share of Cesses & Surcharges increase from 10.4% to 15.3% of Gross Tax Revenue in 10 years
The issue of Central Cesses has been a contentious one since the amount collected through…
Review: Here are a few archaic laws that are irrelevant in today’s times
India has thousands of Central & State laws some of which were passed during the…
Review: Madras High Court calls for exploitation of animals to be stopped
In this round-up of important court decisions, we look at decisions about the exploitation of…
Data: 340 deaths of Manual Scavengers in Sewers & Septic tanks between 2016 & 2020
Manual scavenging has been a scourge of the Indian society for decades. Despite legislative efforts,…
