Avinash Kumar Yadav, a third-year student at National Law University, Delhi, India, discusses the recent Love Jihad law in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India and the effect it has on the fundamental right to marry.
The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020 (“the Ordinance”) popularly known as the law on ‘Love Jihad’, was approved by the state cabinet on 24 November 2020 and received the assent of the Governor of Uttar Pradesh (“UP”) on 28 November 2020 making it enforceable. Section 3 of the ordinance states that no person shall convert or attempt to convert directly or otherwise any person from one religion to another by use or any practice of misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage, nor should any person abet convince or conspire such conversion. The law makes religious conversion a cognizable and non-bailable offence, which might attract punishment of up to 10 yea
Biharâs failing PACS system shows what could happen after the farm laws 16 January 2021
A farmer harvests his wheat crop in the Naubatpur area of Patna, on 18 April 2020. Ever since agricultural deregulation, in 2006, Biharâs food grain procurement system has had major lacunae that often led to farmers making distress sales at very low prices. Parwaz Khan / Hindustan Times
A farmer harvests his wheat crop in the Naubatpur area of Patna, on 18 April 2020. Ever since agricultural deregulation, in 2006, Biharâs food grain procurement system has had major lacunae that often led to farmers making distress sales at very low prices.
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao: 55% of the funds remain unutilised
January 12, 2021
Scheme’s ‘laggard’ States tend to display lower sex ratio at birth
States across India have utilised just 45 per cent of the funds allocated under the government’s ambitious Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme in the last five years (2015-16 to 2019-20).
Fourteen States, including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, have not utilised even half of the total allocation during this period.
The data presented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) to the Rajya Sabha in September 2019 show that north-eastern States have utilised the maximum funds under the scheme. Sikkim and Manipur have utilised 96 and 90 per cent, respectively, followed by Puducherry (84 per cent), Leh and Nagaland (82 per cent each).
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by Sanath Nanayakkare We have reached the end of another year, which I believe, was the most difficult year in our recent history. All of us had very high hopes and expectations when we started the year with strong belief that the country will prosper in all spheres. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has shattered almost […]