From birth certificates to citizenship to promoting a ‘family database design’ to drafting a single Environment Act that subsumes all laws– Govt prepared a 60 point plan based on PM's meeting with secretaries last month. Cab Sec also pulled up ministries for their progress in Q1.
In a letter written two days after the PM's meeting with the secretaries Cabinet Secretary expressed his displeasure at the performance of many ministries at the end of the first quarter of the financial year stating that stated that their "progress was not satisfactory."
Excl: PM's action plan states "data not being used efficiently"& pushes for more Chief Information Officers & CTOs to be appointed in each Gov dept; big push for GIS mapping for policy making to increase GDP by 2-3%; a national mentoring platform for start-ups among other points.
3) The Prime Minister’s action plan for opening up two restricted sectors -- beach sand minerals and offshore mining -- for exploration by private players could reverse a series of measures taken by the Govt to restrict the involvement of private players and curb illegal mining.
A note issued by the DAE as recently as July 21 on measures for “restricting illegal mining” specifically flags that the mining of beach sand minerals by private parties has “been terminated” as part of the efforts to curb unlawful mining. @IndianExpress indianexpress.com/article/india/…
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EXCLUSIVE: EIU declined India's offer to use Govt data & research for its Democracy Index ranking after Govt made several attempts to establish contact with them. The Govt instructed officials to conduct “discreet” enquiries regarding the @TheEIU, according to documents accessed.
The Govt sought details on the sample size taken in India in ranking the Democracy Index; the methodology and details of agencies/authors or contributors and their contributions used or utilised in preparing the Democracy Index, in India. hindustantimes.com/india-news/eiu…
Previously reported the Govt asked to disallow another Parliament ques on 'Indian position in the Democracy Index' saying it was "very sensitive," in a doc accessed. The Indian Govt contacted EIU after ranked India as "flawed democracy."
EXCLUSIVE: Govt asked to disallow another Parliament ques on 'Indian position in the Democracy Index' as it was "very sensitive," in a doc accessed by us. The Indian Govt contacted @TheEIU after ranking India as "flawed democracy" it said they refused to give details to the Govt.
Govt admitted it contacted Economist Intelligence Unit over its 'Democracy Index' ranking of India that attributed the primary cause of the "democratic regression" on "erosion of civil liberties and the authorities handling of the corona virus pandemic in the country."
The Govt said the methodology adopted by EIU to deduce the rankings was not shared and noted that the rankings were arrived without consulting any government agencies. “The said agency is not willing to divulge the required information," it said.
Over the next 10 days @RailMinIndia has formed a schedule to run trains to ferry 36 lakh migrants in 2600 Shramik Trains. Here's the list of the originating and destination states.
Nearly 1000 ticket counters have been allowed to open across stations: @RailMinIndia railway board chairman
BREAKING: Indian Railways to gradually restart passenger train operations from 12th May, 2020, initially with 15 pairs of trains (30 return journeys). #Lockdown3
These trains will be run as special trains from New Delhi Station connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi.
Thereafter, Indian Railways shall start more special services on new routes, based on the available coaches. @RailMinIndia
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India is on the brink of another humanitarian crisis even as it is grappling with the mass exodus of migrant workers. Lakhs of truck drivers are stuck in limbo, stranded on the roads in abysmal conditions without food or shelter as no movement is being allowed.
More than 6 lakh registered trucks are stranded across the country, actual numbers maybe even more. I visit the largest transport hub in Asia—Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar. These drivers have been stranded for more than 10 days now with nowhere to go. Listen to what they say
Swamped in close quarters with no permission to move, the drivers are living with an eminent fear of either contracting the virus or dying of hunger. "Corona chodhho banda bhook se hi mar jayega," one driver says. #LockdownWithoutPlan#COVID2019
Firms that didn't win the project had proposed extending the Central Vista up to the banks of Yamuna, converting North and South Blocks into archival spaces, the Parliament building into a museum and erecting a new obelisk akin to the Washington Monument overlooking the Rajpath.
This firm CP Kukreja Architects had proposed that the Central Vista would run from the Yamuna in the east to the Delhi Ridge. It also proposed the creation of a pair of “semi-public” streets that would run between the buildings with a new underground Metro route connecting CV.
New Delhi based Sikka Associates Architects had also proposed a mono rail loop around central vista, public plazas with underground traffic interchange, new Sandad Bhawan next to a new office building for PMO and a 'garden of peace' among others.