Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Bharatiya Janata Party Election Manifesto
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto for the 18th Lok Sabha General Election to be held from April 19 to June 01, 2024.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the interim Budget 2024-2025 on February 1, 2024. Her Budget speech and related Budget Documents c
“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
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
The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Government of India, has published an e-Book, “A Treatise on Indian Censuses since 1981”.
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
Article 124A of the Indian Penal Code has been through engaging court speeches, Bills and Acts, Reports of commissions and committees, and insightful
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,
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
The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, has published the draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy 202
The Union Budget, 2022-2023, presented by the Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, and related Budget Documents can be accessed here.
The full text of the Economic Survey 2021-22 (and Statistical Appendix) can be accessed here.
Periodically, the India Railways comes out with a database of facts and figures that include volume of traffic, freight movement, revenue from commerc
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
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
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
Resources: The State of Broadband 2016: Broadband Catalyzing Sustainable Development [PDF 3.42 MB] Source: broadbandcommission.org
Ruling in favour of a Tamil author, Perumal Murugan, the Madras High Court, on July 5, 2016, dismissed petitions which included seeking the forfeiture of all copies of a Tamil book, titled Madhorubagan, and its English translation, One Part Woman . The novel, set in Tiruchengode, a town in Tamil Nadu, describes the agonies of a childless couple. As the Judgment sums it up, "In essence, the novel seeks to relate the travails and tribulations of a childless couple and the barbs of the society against it, while the couple seeks to battle it out against social and familial pressures. Somewhere, the family pressures gain an upper hand and what transpires to assist procreation is the troubling area of the story." Petitioners had alleged, among other charges, that the novel was "blasphemous, outrageous, defamatory, offensive and morally unacceptable." The original Tamil novel was written in 2010 and released in January 2011, at the Chennai Book Fair. The English translation was released in 2013. Both versions won critical acclaim. However, Perumal Murugan's troubles started later, in December 2014, when "voices were raised against him that he had defamed Tiruchengode town and the womenfolk and the community." The controversy pushed the author to living in virtual exile, issuing an unconditional apology, and subsequently, posting his own obituary as a writer on his Facebook page. A Bench of the Madras High Court, comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, observed: "If you do not like a book, simply close it. The answer is not its ban." The full text of the judgment can be accessed through the following link: Resources: Perumal Murugan Judgment by Mr. Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Chief Justice, and Mrs. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Madras High Court. [PDF 676 KB] Source: Madras High Court
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, has released a report, "Key I
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, has released a report, "Key I
The Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India, has shared some inputs on the draft National Education Policy (NEP) 2016. The
This is the first edition of the Handbook of Statistics on Indian States published by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). According to RBI, the Handbook “provides State-wise statistics on a wide range of features of the regional economy of India”. “This publication – the first of its kind – follows the approach of ‘one indicator-one table’ and covers in 125 tables sub-national statistics on socio-demographics, State Domestic Product, agriculture, industry, infrastructure, banking and fiscal indicators across Indian States over a time period ranging from 1951 to 2015-16,” the RBI said on June 27, 2016, when the report was released. The RBI invites responses, which may be sent to: [email protected] Resources: Full Text: “Handbook of Statistics on Indian States” by RBI. [PDF 1.76 MB]