Universal basic income is a form of social net where the population receives a sum of money on a regular basis, no strings attached. In this article, we look at the pro’s and con’s to UBI and why it may be a good way to keep a country’s economy growing.
In order to achieve the vision of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), a national initiative launched by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi i.e. Ayushman Bharat Yojana, also known as the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) or Healthy India. This scheme is a part of National Health Policy 2017 that aims to help economically vulnerable Indians who are in need of healthcare facilities. as to meet SDG and its underlining commitment this initiative has been designed on the lines, which is “leave no one behind”.
Plenty of actors are outspoken about their political views. Is it any surprise then that quite a few of them turn to politics? Here is a look at the latest batch of actors who are contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections across the country.
Kashmir has long been the apple of discord between India and Pakistan. The decade long conflict has polarised Indian households too. While some declare Kashmir a terror state and demand punishment for every Kashmiri, some call out the atrocities of Indian armed force in the valley as the reasons of insurgencies. But if we are to look closely, both the groups are at the extremes of the same spectrum that kept the Kashmir issue alive for so long. But to understand the perspective of Kashmiris, you need to step in the shoe of one, look at things in the light of their experiences.
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A new rap song features lyrics & voice of Modi. The song called “Jhooth Bolo” uses excerpts from Narendra Modi’s speech and is in Modi’s voice. With government’s love for banning things, we are just waiting when will they ban this rap song as well. The song uses direct excerpts
Anna Hazare has become a household name after he did something. Everyone knows he was “not eating food” for some national thing may be corruption. But don’t you want to know why that great man went extreme to bring those high on the power charts down to Earth. Let’s find
It takes some metal to move a crowd with just words. But these words of great mean were more than just words. The speech they gave changed the world, changed the onset of mind of people who heard them.
WE live in such a sick world!! I used to ask all my friends to read news about the world and actually know what all is happening throughout the world. But now I think it’s better that people know little other than what goes in their lives…or they would have
Kashmir the state which has been lauded as “heaven” on Earth but instead is a haven for terror. But did you ever wonder when it all started? It all began when newly formed Pakistan attacked the princely state of Kashmir, which was not a part of the “newly independent” India.
Today’s newspapers were flooded with Rajiv Gandhi’s birth anniversary ads. The papers were covered with colored, black and white, half page and smaller ads, many of which adjacent to each other. The cost of such ads is estimated between one crore and four crores each depending upon the factor if
Before jumping into general elections in 2014, Team Anna may test its political power in Delhi Assebly polls next year while giving a miss to elections in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. A large number of volunteers have came forward for fighting the Delhi Assembly elections as per the sources in India Against
Anna Hazare has disbanded Team Anna and has decided not to have any more talks with the government on Lokpal issue. The attitude of government towards the Lokpal bill forced them to do so. Anna Hazare ended his indefinite fast three days earlier after they felt that the government has
Digvijaya Singh, Congress general secretary said about the decision of Team Anna to form a political party that this only depicts that their “movement against corruption has failed.” Digvijaya Singh welcomed this move of Team Anna by saying that in India everyone has a right to form a political party. But he added
Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh took jocular swipes at the huge annual funds allocated to the defence ministry. Recently drinking water and sanitation department tied up with DRDO to set up bio-digestor toilets in 1,000 village panchayats across the country. Jairam Ramesh said that just the cost of a single Rafale fighter could make
India’s GDP may or may not grow but the bottomline is that the money of political parties is definitely increasing. The political parties are getting richer. The ruling party, Congress has made a total of Rs 1,662 crore in the last five years till 2011-12 with BJP at the second place with
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as already faced a lot of disgrace by being termed as a robot, remote controlled, puppet and a lot more. After facing such criticism from his fellow countrymen, outsiders are also hitting him now. He has long been lauded for his pivotal role in liberalising the Indian economy.
Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday,took back his decision of allowing all MLAs to purchase cars worth up to Rs 20 lakh from the local area development fund. Within a period of three weeks, it’s the second time he has been forced to revoke his decision within
The Union Tribal Affairs Ministry today called the anti-Naxal operation that took place in Chhattisgarh completely unacceptable and targeted the state’s BJP government. In total, 19 people were killed in this operation which are suspected to be common villagers. The Tribal Affairs minister, V Kishore Chandra Deo has said about raising
This operation has been described as a great success in the battle against Naxalism. On Friday, CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) and the state police of Chhattisgarh killed 19 people. Officials say that all these people were Naxals. But there are a series of challenging allegations by opposition parties and
Arvind Kejriwal, Team Anna member, today said that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was protecting his cabinet colleagues by not allowing prosecution against them. When asked if Narendra Modi is corrupt too, Kejriwal said, “I don’t have evidence which shows that Modi is corrupt, but at least Modi is protecting his cabinet colleagues,
Today, P A Sangma virtually dared UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee for a debate ahead of presidential polls, saying democracy needs debate. In a democracy, people have the right to choose their leader and there should be a debate as economy is sinking and scams are growing. Sangma said, “Who is responsible for all this
There has been a 49% rise in the amount of internet content censored in India as stated by the internet giant Google. This trend of blocking content is increasing among the governments around the world, more surprisingly in Western democracies. Google stated that it has received over 1000 requests from
As the popular hactivist group Anonymous has announced earlier, it organized protests and demonstrations in 16 cities cities all over India. Anonymous and its supporters protested against the Government’s Internet Laws and the ISPs’ blocking of popular file-sharing websites. Protesters protested by wearing Guy Fawkes masks and assembling on city landmarks and
Earlier Arvind Kejriwal had demanded a special investigation team to probe allegations of corruption against 15 ministers of the Congress government. Now the External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has rejected all the allegations against him and has warned that such actions would mount to over-reaching a judicial process. There are