Why is the Judiciary examining the Vaccination policies of the Modi govt in the first place? Fairly straight-forward justification provided...
Examining the changes forced upon the 18-44 year age group, the SC observes that the differential policy for them might, prima facie, be arbitrary & irrational...
While the Modi Govt claims that the "Liberalized" Policy was created in part, or in whole, to stimulate competitive pricing and higher quantities of doses, the SC observes that it might not meet either of these goals...
While the Modi govt claims that doses will be provided to States on the basis of their 18-44 yr age group counts, etc., the SC quite reasonably asks how it will take migrant populations into account in State quotas...
By enforcing registration through an online portal, the Modi Govt is creating a scenario where the economically privileged might consume all free govt doses, leaving pvt hospital doses unconsumed and the unvaccinated being unable to afford them...
Modi Govt claims new policy "induces competition, drives prices down"; but price for States/Pvt Hospitals is fixed!
Union Govt's large purchase meant lower prices, why not purchase all requirements itself?
Why is the budgeted 35000 Crore not used for 18-44 year olds?...
Whether it is the Modi Govt or the States funding the vaccine purchases, both are spending public money. The Union Govt should use its large purchasing power and obtain a price benefit for Indians...
The mandatory Digital Portal registration has serious implications on Rights to Equality and Health...
Plus the #SupremeCourt asked for several detailed clarifications on Vaccine development, pricing & logistics, COWIN as well as related issues like mucormycosis.
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It angers me that the financially illiterate Modi hoodwinks even decent people into believing him. For eg., he peddled the lie that only a small %age of Indians pay tax (Not income tax. Tax).
This thread is a layperson's guess of how many people are liable to pay INCOME tax...
Modi's Minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur, made an equally idiotic statement - apparently only 1% of Indians pay income tax... businesstoday.in/current/econom…
Should he not take into account how many Indians earn any income, a basic pre-requisite to pay income tax in the first place?
And of those earning incomes, should he not factor in a basic tenet of Indian Income Tax rules - agricultural income is tax-exempt?...
We have so many dire existential threats in India - the #ToolkitCase and Nupur's iPhones - that we might have missed this hilarious story. South Africa received its 1st shipment of #COVID19 vaccine a couple of weeks ago... reuters.com/article/us-hea…
Apparently someone was furious tht @CyrilRamaphosa didn't acknowledge Indian Govt & Serum Institute for "generously allocating" vaccines.
"Attorneys", Kirshen Naidoo & Co, shot off an incendiary letter on behalf of unnamed clients, demanding tht he apologize for his "error"...
This amazing act of generosity is fake news, as @KathradaFound explains. South Africa had paid @AstraZeneca (twice the cost of the vaccine in Europe) & the latter got Serum Institute to ship it. The Indian govt had made no "sacrifice", in fact had no role to play at all...
Delhi Police say the "Toolkit" called for economic, social, cultural & regional war against India...
All it contained, based on screenshots & reports, was info about the Farm Bills & #FarmersProtest, and suggested actions one could take to express solidarity with the farmers... amp.scroll.in/article/985946…
Among the scores, if not hundreds, detained unreasonably since 2014, on flimsy grounds but charged with serious crimes, is Nodeep Kaur. She hails from a Muktsar Dalit family & was arrested at the Singhu border by Haryana Police... #ReleaseNodeepKaur
She was in a tent of her union, the Mazdoor Adhikar Sanghatan set up in solidarity with the #FarmersProtest, when the police picked her up, accusing her of among other things, rioting with a deadly weapon & attempt to murder... counterview.net/2021/01/target…
Her family includes her mother & sister, Rajveer Kaur, both also active in the fight for fair wages, land and farmers' rights & against class discrimination
On a day the plum cake is likely to feature prominently on plates across India, did you know that Thalassery, known for associations with cricket and the circus, was also where Indians began making cakes?...
[Thread] #MerryXmas
Thalassery figures prominently in circus history, thanks to Keeleri Kunhikannan, born there in 1858. The circus training institute he founded in Chirakkara in 1901 produced many illustrious Indian circus performers, acts and companies... circopedia.org/Keeleri_Kunhik…
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, who incidentally played in the 1st recorded cricket match in Ireland, introduced cricket to Thalassery, arguably the first place in India where Indians participated in cricket matches... keralatourism.org/thalassery/tou…