Data: Lower Non-Tax Revenues & Grants-in-Aid bring down the Revenue Receipts of certain states in 2021-22
Data available with the CAG in the form of ‘Monthly Key Indicators’ indicates that while some states managed to surpass…
Old videos from before 13 June 2025 are being falsely shared as visuals of Israelis fleeing during the Iran-Israel conflict
https://youtu.be/x_btxHx8ELE On 13 June 2025, Israel launched attacks on more than a dozen targets across Iran under the codename Operation…
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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,…
Nirbhaya Fund – Low Utilization of Funds is a common feature across various Schemes
As observed in an earlier story, only about 62% of the funds released under the…
Data: What are the trends in Foreign Donations Received under FCRA?
The amount of foreign contributions received under FCRA has been steadily increasing though there has…
