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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the interim Budget 2024-2025 on February 1, 2024. Her Budget speech and related Budget Documents c
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“The National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023 presents the second edition of the national MPI and is a follow-up to the Baselin
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An up-to-date compilation of more than 1,800 official statements by the Government of India from January 17, 2020. Links to articles published by The
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The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Government of India, has published an e-Book, “A Treatise on Indian Censuses since 1981”.
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A group of retired senior civil servants has expressed concern over the proposed FCA (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and has urged Members of Parliament to “n
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Article 124A of the Indian Penal Code has been through engaging court speeches, Bills and Acts, Reports of commissions and committees, and insightful
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Links to a Panel Discussion on Free Speech and Sedition in a Democracy organised by The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy on March 24, 2016,
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On March 15, 2022, a three-Judge Bench of the High Court of Karnataka, headed by the Chief Justice, Ritu Raj Awasthi, pronounced its verdict on the pe
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The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, has published the draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy 202
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The Union Budget, 2022-2023, presented by the Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, and related Budget Documents can be accessed here.
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The full text of the Economic Survey 2021-22 (and Statistical Appendix) can be accessed here.
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Periodically, the India Railways comes out with a database of facts and figures that include volume of traffic, freight movement, revenue from commerc
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Cities and towns in India are expected to contribute about 70 per cent of the country's GDP by the year 2030. Also, India's urban population is likely
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A High-Level Committee to Study the Impact of NEET [National Eligibility cum Entrance Test] on Medical Admissions in Tamil Nadu, 2021, submitted its r
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The annual Crime In India reports published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) since 1953, provide country-wide data on crime. This page con
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"The State of India’s Birds report is the first comprehensive assessment of the distribution range, trends in abundance, and conservation status for m
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The following is full text of the inaugural address by President Ram Nath Kovind at The Huddle, organised by The Hindu in Bengaluru on February 22, 20
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USCIRF Releases New Factsheet on India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on February 19, 2020, released the following new factsheet on India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act: India Factsheet - In December 2019, the Indian Parliament passed into law the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). This law provides a fast track to Indian citizenship for non-Muslim migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Quickly after the CAA's passage, large scale protests broke out across India with the government instituting a violent crackdown against the protestors. In conjunction with a proposed nation-wide National Register of Citizens, there are fears that this law is part of an effort to create a religious test for Indian citizenship and could lead to the widespread disenfranchisement of Indian Muslims. This factsheet provides an overview of the CAA and explains why it represents a significant downward turn in religious freedom in India. In its 2019 Annual Report, USCIRF placed India on its Tier 2 List. India Factsheet can be accessed here . India Chapter - 2019 Annual Report can be accessed here . Related Link: Supreme Court of India. 2020 . Application for Intervention , www.livelaw.in, March 5.
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Text of a lecture delivered by Jairam Ramesh, MP, at Mysuru as part of the Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Birth Centenary Celebrations, on February 20,
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The following is the full text of the Brief issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, on December 19, 201
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The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget for the financial year 2020-21 on February 1, 2020. Her speech in Parliament and related documents, including the Economic Survey (2019-20) can be accessed through the following links: Union Budget, 2020-2021: Speech by Nirmala Sitharaman [PDF 941 KB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India Union Budget 2020-21 English All Releases [PDF 2.75 MB] Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India Key Highlights of Union Budget 2020-21 [PDF 1.35 MB] Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India Summary of Union Budget 2020-21 [PDF 281 KB] Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India EconomicSurvey 2019-20 - Volume 1 [PDF 11.2 MB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India