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  1. 'Extensive Consultations' Before 3 New Criminal Laws, Says Modi Govt, But Won’t Give Any Details

    The three new criminal laws, effective from 1 July 2024, to overhaul India’s criminal justice system have faced criticism for increasing police powers and introducing offences like terrorism without proper safeguards.

    #IndianCriminalLaws #HumanRights #BNS #BNSS #BSA #IPC #CrPC #IndianEvidenceAct #transparency #PolicePowers #BJP #DraconianLaws #RTI #UnionGovt #india

    article-14.com/post/-extensive

  2. 'I Get Hungry By 11 am But I'm Still Working': Rural Wages Stagnated During Modi's 10-Year Tenure

    As per economic think-tank ICRIER, during the Modi government’s first term, growth in real rural wages for farm and non-farm sectors declined to 3% and 3.3% respectively. However, during the Modi government’s second term, the situation worsened as growth turned negative: -0.6% for farm wages and -1.4% for non-farm wages. Rohit Inani writes.

    #RuralWages #ICRIER #labour #agriculture #RuralIndia #economy #demonetisation #covid19 #governance #WelfareSchemes #UnionGovt #india

    thewire.in/economy/i-get-hungr

  3. Interview: “In my 34-year career as journalist, I have never felt as anxious as I do today,” says Samar Halarnkar

    In an interview with Maktoob’s Gafira Qadir, Samar Halarnkar, founder of the independent media house Article-14, talks about the tough situation journalists are in, facing threats and new laws that limit their freedom. He also talks about how hard it is to report on the government in a critical way.

    #PressFreedom #media #journalism #censorship #DraconianLaws #BJP #UnionGovt #UAPA #PMLA #kashmir #manipur #UttarPradesh #islamophobia #hindutva #authoritarianism #india

    maktoobmedia.com/india/intervi

  4. 'Linguistic Imperialism': PIL in Kerala HC Over Hindi, Sanskrit Titles to Central Legislation

    The petitioner, a lawyer, urged the court to issue directions to the Union government to provide English titles to Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023.

    #kerala #KeralaHC #hindi #sanskrit #HindiImposition #hindutva #UnionGovt #brahminism #india

    thewire.in/law/linguistic-impe

  5. Passions Run Dry in India’s ‘Army Villages’ Since the Launch of Agnipath Scheme

    For the last several decades, joining the Army has been a passion and the preferred career choice for boys in these villages. But not anymore.

    #haryana #hisar #jind #bhiwani #agniveer #agneepath #GovtSchemes #IndianArmy #jobs #unemployment #UnionGovt #india

    thewire.in/government/passions

  6. The Rs 330-Debit That Revealed A Sprawling, Illegal Government-Run Fraud

    "It wasn’t a question of a Rs-330 loss to me. It was done without my consent. It was illegal. Besides, if you added it all up—Rs 330 deducted from thousands, maybe millions, of customers—the sum climbed to hundreds of crores," writes Hemant Gairola.

    #banking #UnionGovt #BankFraud #GovtSchemes #india

    article-14.stck.me/post/215619

  7. In Modi govt’s ‘housing for all’: 83% homes not for landless poor, lopsided growth

    There are many discomforting figures even if the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban meets its 2024 deadline.

    #PMAY #UnionGovt #GovtSchemes #housing #governance #india

    newslaundry.com/2024/03/26/in-

  8. Banks Want Forged Paper Trails After Taking Money Illegally From Customers For Modi Govt's Flagship Schemes

    Despite media exposés and frequent public complaints, banks nationwide continue taking money without authorisation from accounts to enrol customers in low-cost life-insurance and accident-insurance schemes launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    To meet targets set by the union government, bank offices are now withdrawing money from accounts of many customers en masse, in some cases even forging customer consent and asking local offices to camouflage forgeries.

    #IndianBanks #UnionGovt #banking #GovtSchemes #PMJJBY #APY #PMSBY #NarendraModi #elections2024 #india

    article-14.com/post/banks-want

  9. ED can summon any person; those summoned expected to respect and respond: Supreme Court

    The Court made the observation while lifting a stay imposed by the Madras High Court on the execution of ED summons issued to five district collectors in Tamil Nadu.

    #ED #SupremeCourt #TamilNadu #MadrasHC #PMLA #BelaMTrivedi #PankajMithal #UnionGovt #india

    barandbench.com/news/ed-can-su

  10. Centre will allow additional borrowing if we withdraw our lawsuit: Kerala tells Supreme Court

    The state government had moved the court, alleging violation of fiscal federalism after the Union government capped its borrowing capacity.

    #kerala #KeralaGovt #UnionGovt #FiscalFederalism #SupremeCourt #india

    scroll.in/latest/1063990/centr

  11. 3-Year-Old Supreme Court Orders Restricting Internet Outages Is Ignored In India, World’s Leading Offender

    Three years ago, the Supreme Court severely restricted State power to shut down the Internet. Yet, in Manipur, a 5,000-hour Internet shutdown was the world’s longest in 2023, the year India also lost more than half a billion dollars due to such outages, according to two new reports.

    #InternetShutdowns #manipur #meghalaya #rajasthan #kashmir #UttarPradesh #WestBengal #censorship #CrPC #section144 #UnionGovt #india

    article-14.com/post/3-year-old

  12. Kerala refuses to rename NHM centres as Ayushman Arogya Mandirs even as Union government withholds funds

    The Union government refused to release funds to Kerala as the state refused to rename National Health Mission centres as Ayushman Arogya Mandirs.

    #kerala #NHM #healthcare #HindiImposition #hindi #UnionGovt #KeralaGovt #malayalam #federalism #india

    thesouthfirst.com/kerala/keral

  13. Governors sitting on Bills is a dangerous scribbling of the ‘grammar of anarchy’

    It does not bode well for federalism and democracy in India that the Supreme Court has to intervene in the routine procedure of governors clearing the Bills passed by state assemblies, writes S.N. Sahu.

    #goverors #TamilNadu #kerala #punjab #SupremeCourt #federalism #BJP #RNRavi #ArifMohammedKhan #BanwariLalPurohit #UnionGovt #india

    theleaflet.in/governors-sittin

  14. Supreme Court directs Punjab governor to decide on pending bills

    In a separate plea by Tamil Nadu, the court highlighted that Article 200 of the Constitution mandates the governor to return the bills ‘as soon as possible’.

    #SupremeCourt #punjab #PunjabGovt #BanwarilalPurohit #PunjabGovernor #BJP #UnionGovt #governors #law #federalism #AAP #DMK #TamilNadu #kerala #india

    scroll.in/latest/1058950/sc-ra

  15. Parliamentary Panel Defers Adopting Draft Report on Bills to Replace Criminal Laws

    Three opposition members filed dissent notes, demanding changes to the Bills that seek to replace the Indian Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure, according to reports.

    #IPC #CrPC #IndianEvidenceAct #parliament #UnionGovt #india

    thewire.in/government/parliame

  16. ‘Weren’t paid a paisa for our labour:’ MGNREGA workers from West Bengal ready to protest today

    A temporary tent has been set up to house the 4,000-odd beneficiaries and party members, mattresses line the floor as far as the eye can see and fans whir fruitlessly trying to beat the humid September afternoon heat.

    indianexpress.com/article/citi

    #WestBengal #MGNREGA #agriculture #farmers #wages #governance #rights #WelfareSchemes #UnionGovt #india

  17. The blocking of ‘The Kashmir Walla’ underscores India’s draconian censorship of the internet

    The government’s powers to censor online content have been further boosted by a Karnataka High Court order and a new data protection law.

    scroll.in/article/1054725/the-

    #kashmir #TheKashmirWalla #PressFreedom #censorship #ITAct2000 #ITRules2009 #meity #DPDPBill #journalism #KarnatakaHC #BJP #DraconianLaws #UnionGovt #india

  18. PMJAY scheme: Nearly Rs 7 crore paid for treatment of ‘dead’ patients, shows CAG report

    At least 3,446 patients who had previously been declared dead were treated under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana, the auditor said.

    #PMJAY #HealthInsurance #healthcare #CAG #NHA #BJP #WelfareSchemes #UnionGovt #india

    scroll.in/latest/1054419/pmjay

  19. Modi Govt Unveils Controversial New Criminal Bills: 'Sedition' Law to Change But in Name Only

    Although Amit Shah said sedition law has been 'repealed', it appears only the word 'sedition' may have been dropped, for the law remains and, in many ways, has been made more draconian.

    #CrPC #IPC #IndianEvidenceAct #CriminalLaws #law #sedition #DraconianLaws #defamation #censorship #FreeSpeech #HindiImposition #brahminism #BJP #UnionGovt #AmitShah #NarendraModi democracy #hindutva #india

    thewire.in/government/sedition

  20. Treatment for the Dead, Discharge Before Surgery and the Many Problems of Ayushman Bharat

    The first ever CAG report on the PMJAY highlights how the scheme has been riddled with corruption and visible fraudulence.

    #PMJAY #CAG #AyushmanBharat #NHA #healthcare #HealthInsurance #corruption #aadhaar #PMJAYID #eKYC #governance #WelfareSchemes #welfare #UnionGovt #BJP #covid19 #india

    thewire.in/government/ayushman

  21. Union govt looks to move libraries from State to Concurrent List; Kerala, Karnataka flag concerns

    Kerala is concerned over a Union government plan to bring libraries across the country under the Concurrent List — or List III — of the Indian Constitution. Many in the state view the move as a part of a wider agenda to interfere in the functioning of libraries and spread the Sangh Parivar ideology.

    #PublicLibraries #UnionGovt #CultureMinistry #libraries #ConcurrentList #BJP #books #KeralaGovt #KarnatakaGovt #hindutva #propaganda #india

    thesouthfirst.com/karnataka/un

  22. SC Refers Pleas on Same-Sex Marriage to Constitution Bench, to Hear Matter from April 18

    A bench led by CJI Chandrachud said "submissions involve the interplay between constitutional rights on the one hand and specific legislative enactments".

    #SameSexMarriage #LGBTQIA #queer #LGBT #gender #SupremeCourt #UnionGovt #HumanRights #RightToLove #law #section377 #india

    thewire.in/law/sc-refers-pleas

  23. Hindu Mahasabha wants Savarkar's pictures to replace Gandhi's image on currency notes

    In an open letter to the Government of India, the Hindu Mahasabha also asked for renaming the road leading to the Parliament House after Savarkar.

    #savarkar #HinduMahasabha #RSS #MKGandhi #UnionGovt #money #currency #hindutva #BJP #HinduNationalism #FreedomStruggle #history #india

    deccanherald.com/national/nort

  24. #BadSources – How Indian news agency ANI quoted sources that do not exist

    The EU DisinfoLab unveils its latest investigation into anti-Pakistan/China influence operations and follows up on two previous investigations published in 2019 and 2020.

    The investigation looks into a number of non-existent organisations, bloggers and journalists who are regularly quoted by Asian News International (ANI).

    #ANI #disinformation #FakeNews#EUDisinfoLab #news #IndianGovt #UnionGovt #pakistan #china #press #ForbiddenStories #BJP #india

    disinfo.eu/publications/bad-so