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Rajya Sabha MP Urges Reinstating Railway Vacancies; Check Out Reasons Why 72,000 Posts Were Abolished

Snehashish RoyMay 18, 20220

The Indian Railways has abolished a total of 72,000 positions in the last six years. Rajya Sabha MP V Sivadasan wrote to Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw urging him to reinstate those positions considering the plight of Indian youngsters due to irregularities in recruitment by the country's largest employer. Over 2.4 crore students applied for 1 lakh vacancies advertised by the Indian Railways in 2019. The recruitment drive led to massive protests largely in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar over alleged irregularities by the recruitment board. Among different positions, Railways have abolished the non-gazetted (Group C and D) posts including station masters, ticket collectors, clerks and others. Those who are already employed in those positions will be absorbed by different depart...

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Tax Avoidance, Tax Planning Differentiated By A Thin A Line: Income Tax Department

Pooja YadavMay 17, 20220

Tax Planning and tax evasions are legal jargons that always confuse a layman. When it involves tax savings there are a pair of terms that are important to know. Tax planning and tax avoidance are a number of them. repeatedly they're used as interchangeable terms though there's an enormous difference between them. allow us to find the difference between these two terms. The assessee can reduce his/her tax liability by legal means in any of the two ways- tax planning and tax avoidance. Tax planning is described because of the arrangement of monetary activities in a very way that the assessee can avail of maximum tax benefits by making the simplest possible use of the advantages,i.e, deductions, exemptions, etc. On the contrary tax avoidance may be a technique of refraining from lia...

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Tamil Nadu, Karnataka Among Top States To Have Marriages Among Blood Relations: Centre

Arpita SarkarMay 14, 20220

Tamil Nadu ranks first in the country in blood relations. Karnataka is in second place. Such information was given by the National Ministry of Family Welfare in a nationwide survey. According to the survey conducted in the financial year 2019-20, 2% of marriages in Tamil Nadu are between blood relations. Karnataka, another southern state, is only 1% away. According to the survey, 11% of marriages in the country are between families. However, as a state, this trend is more prevalent in the southern states. Doctors say that there are various problems in marriage due to blood relationships. It includes health issues. Inter-caste marriages increase the risk of thalassemia in children. There are two main reasons for such a trend. One is the issue of caste and the other is the issue...

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Wife’s Right To Live Not Limited To In-laws, But Also In Rented Houses: Supreme Court

Arpita SarkarMay 13, 20220

The right of married women to reside will not be limited to the in-laws. She may also have the right to stay in the rented house of her husband who is out of work. The Supreme Court made important observations at a hearing in a domestic violence case on Thursday. A division bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice VV Nagaratna said, "The issue of property rights of the married couple would not be confined to the husband's ancestral home." The case was filed by a woman. She complained of domestic violence after becoming a widow. She also told about the difficulty of her living. According to the apex court's observation, in many cases, Indian women living outside their in-laws' houses have to face a number of problems. In particular, about their living. So their right to live or pro...

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HIV Awarness Increased In Country: Central Government

Arpita SarkarMay 12, 20220

Awareness has increased a bit, but the deficit remains quite a bit. Nearly 30% of parents in the country do not want their child to attend classes with an HIV-infected student. Similarly, at least 35% of men and women object to buying goods from an HIV-infected grain seller. As far as awareness is concerned, only 30% of men in the country know about the disease in detail. The situation in West Bengal is even worse. The survey said, "Only 15%of men in the state have complete knowledge about HIV. The women of Bengal have more information about the disease than the men of this state." The National Health Family Survey shows that although awareness is higher than ever before, there are still misconceptions about HIV in society and in the family. For example, about 51% of women and at...

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India Made No Progress In Treating Anaemia Among Women, Children: Global Nutrition & NFHS-5 Report

Sonia SolankiMay 11, 20220

India, in the last few years, has failed to make any progress in treating Anaemia among women and children. The results from the two renowned platforms show similar findings. These two reports come from the Global Nutrition Report (2019-21) and NFHS-5 (2019-21). According to them, Anaemia is worsening in women aged between 15-49 years and in children aged between 0.5- 5.0 years. Along with this NFHS-5 (National Family Health Survey) data shows that the biggest spike is seen in children between 0.5 - 5 years old, with 67.1% of children suffering. This value was at 58.6% in the year 2015-16 in the NFHS-4 report. The condition is more severe in interior parts of India with 68.3% compared to 64.2% in urban Indian children. More than 50% of Indian women are anaemic As per the survey co...

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Congress Proposes ‘One Family One Candidate’ Plan For Party

Arpita SarkarMay 11, 20220

It is difficult to implement the policy of 'one person, one position'. This time it was proposed to implement the 'One Family, One Candidate' policy to strengthen the Congress! This means that only one person from a family will be a candidate in the election. But the question is whether this policy will be applicable to the Gandhi family as well. The draft, which has been prepared for discussion at the Congress think tank in Udaipur since Friday, speaks of the policy of 'one person, one post' as well as 'one family, one candidate'. It will be presented at the Chintan Shibir in Udaipur after a discussion in the Congress Working Committee on Monday. Though the voters did not join the Prashant Kishore Congress, the Congress leaders could see the shadow of his advice in proposing a m...

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Roar of Loudspeakers; Politics Of Vested Interest

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 10, 20220

Since Raj Thackrey, President of the MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena), in a press conference on Tuesday, called on the people to demonstrate the strength of the Hindu community by playing "Hanuman Chalisa" on loudspeakers, the topic of Loudspeaker Row has become one of the most contentious issues in the state. Raj ThackreyRaj Thackrey had previously said that the final day for removing loudspeakers from mosques would be Wednesday. He claims that if Muslims played Azan on a loudspeaker, the people of Maharashtra would respond by chanting the Hanuman Chalisa. On Wednesday morning, MNS employees in Mumbai's Charkop neighbourhood took the initiative and played the Hanuman Chalisa over loudspeakers. During the Fajr (First Namaz) at 5 a.m., the next day. In the meanwhile, people gather...

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Over 77% Women Face Domestic Violence Silently: NFHS-5 Report

Sonia SolankiMay 10, 20220

According to the latest report by the NFHS-5 (National Family Health Survey) 2019-21, more than 3/4th (77%) of women face domestic violence silently. These women never seek help from any source to combat their pain and plight. The data put light on the fact that violence is not physical only. In fact, in many cases, domestic sexual abuse is present too. India is such a vast spectrum when it comes to issues like women's safety, education, health, and freedom. We can easily see the onset of the plight of women as early as when they are approaching teenage. Like, such abstain them from basic needs like a healthy diet, education, health facilities, freedom to eat, wear, speech, etc. One of the prime reasons which can summarize the issue is the lack of acceptance of women's choices...

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‘Minority’ Tag For Hindus Likely To Be Reconsidered: Central To Supreme Court

Arpita SarkarMay 10, 20220

The Centre will reconsider granting 'minority' status to Hindus in some states. This will be discussed with the states where the population of the Hindu community is comparatively less. The Modi government said in an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Monday. The Center told the Supreme Court that it was filing a new affidavit on the matter to avoid unintentional complications in the country in the future. Earlier, on March 27, the Center had opposed a group of writ petitions. The affidavit states that Christians, Sikhs, Muslims, Buddhists, Persians and Jains - these six communities are informed as minorities at the national level. However, where the Hindu community is sparsely populated, the decision on granting minority status to the Hindus may be taken by the concerned State or...

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Petition Filed In Allahabad High Court To Open 22 Closed Rooms In Taj Mahal

Arpita SarkarMay 9, 20220

The BJP approached the court seeking the reopening of '22 houses' locked in the Taj Mahal. At the same time, they have requested to form a fact-finding team to check whether there was any temple in this monument. The media in-charge of the BJP's Ayodhya branch, Rajneesh Singh filed the petition in the registry of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Saturday. "I have applied to the court to open 22 closed rooms in the Taj Mahal," Rajneesh told PTI on Sunday. Whatever the truth, it should be made public." Incidentally, extremist Hindu groups claim that the Taj Mahal is actually a Shiva temple called 'Tejo Mahalaya'. The petition said that a fact-finding team should submit a report to know the history of the monument under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). On...

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Nearly 30% Of Indian Women Are Victims Of Harassment: Central Government

Arpita SarkarMay 9, 20220

About one-third of the country's women are victims of physical or sexual abuse. This was stated in the report of the National Family Health Survey-5. However, the amount of domestic violence against women in the country has decreased slightly. As a percentage, it has come down from 31.2% to 29.3%. According to the report, 30% of women between the ages of 18 and 49 have been victims of physical violence since the age of 15. The report claims that 6% of women have been sexually abused at some point. Health Minister Mansukh Mandabia released the report last Thursday. The report says, "Only 14% of women who have been physically or sexually abused speak out. 32% of married women between the ages of 18 and 49 have been physically, sexually, or emotionally abused by their partners. Phys...

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