Author: Editor's Desk, Tattva News

PMEGP (Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme) Scheme helped Nardeep Singh become a successful entrepreneur. Speaking about his success, a proud Nardeep Singh said, “I strived hard for a job but failed to get success. Weary, I approached the Jammu and Kashmir Khadi and Village industries board, Udhampur, wherein the district officer briefed me and convinced me about the PMEGP Scheme and thus, activated the entrepreneur in me”. “I then applied for a loan assistance of Rs 24.96 lakhs for manufacturing of Hydraulic Equipment unit. The case was eventually approved by the DLTFC (District Level Task Force Committee). Despite the failures in…

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Frontline Defenders and other rights-based organisations in a joint statement urged Chinese to ensure that Yu Wensheng is able to reunite with his family in Beijing on March 1st, to exercise his rights to move and communicate freely, and that he is not subjected to surveillance and harassment. They also said that Yu Wensheng must also be able to resume his legal work without restrictions and urged to put an end to the surveillance and harassment of Yu Wensheng’s family. Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng is expected to leave Nanjing Prison (Jiangsu Province) on March 1, after being detained…

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European Union ministers should prioritize press freedom reform in Poland when the EU General Affairs Council meets to discuss rule of law concerns in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said. “When Poland attacks press freedom, it makes a mockery of European Union values,” said Tom Gibson, CPJ’s European Union representative. “The EU General Affairs Council should issue a clear message that Polish authorities are failing to respect press freedom, and should call for concrete reforms.” On February 22, the General Affairs Council is scheduled to meet as part of Article 7 of the Treaty of the European Union,…

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The India State of Forest Report 2021 (ISFR 2021), released recently, has a huge hole in its estimations – says a new analysis done by Down To Earth, the fortnightly magazine. The analysis, which appears as the cover story in the February 16 issue of the magazine, says India is “missing” almost 26 million hectares of its forests. Says Down To Earth editor Sunita Narain, who has done the analysis: “This is the difference between what is ‘recorded’ as forest area, and the actual forest cover that exists on that recorded area. The recorded forest area, as per the ISFR 2021, is 77.53 million ha (hectare).…

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Chinese criminal law is severe, with many crimes punishable by death. The Penal Code of 1979 had 74 offenses punishable by death, and in the Penal Code of 1997, which is still in force today, 68 crimes were punishable by death, including 24 violent crimes and 44 non-violent crimes. It was revised in 2011, the death penalty was retained, but the number of crimes punishable by death was reduced by 13. When it was revised in 2015, the death penalty was further reduced by 9 offenses, bringing the number of crimes punishable by death to 46 today, including 24 violent crimes…

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Just few days ahead of crucial Punjab assembly elections, incumbent Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi was landed in a controversy warning that he will prevent migrants from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi, labeling them as `UP, Bihar ke bhaiye’. The presence of Congress general secretary and star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi Vadra besides him during this comment and photos that she was clapping with a smile for these comments, has been sending wrong signals to Congress party, particularly in the poll-bound state of Uttar Pradesh. During a roadshow, calling Priyanka Gnadhi Vadra as the `Punjabi’s daughter-in-law’ and `the bahu of Punjabis’,…

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The Second Advance Estimates of production of major crops for the year 2021-22 have been released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Record food grains production of 316.06 million tonnes is estimated. Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narender Singh Tomar said that the new record of food grains production in the country is the result of hardwork of farmers, efficient research of scientists and farmer friendly policies of the Government. As per 2nd Advance Estimates, the estimated production of major crops during 2021-22 is as under: Food grains  –316.06 million tonnes. (record)Rice  –127.93 million tonnes. (record)Wheat  –111.32  million…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that equitable energy access to the poor has been a cornerstone of our environmental policy. Steps like 90 million households getting access to clean cooking fuel under Ujjwala Yojana and renewable energy to farmer Under the PM-KUSUM scheme where farmers are being encouraged to set up solar panels, use it and sell surplus power to the grid will promote sustainability and equity, he added. Narendra Modi delivered the inaugural address at The Energy and Resources Institute’s (TERI) World Sustainable Development Summit last evening via video message. He . recalled that Environment and sustainable development have been…

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Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav delivered a Special Address in the inaugural session of the 21st edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit 2022 on 16th Feb 2022.  WSDS is the annual flagship event by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). The Minister stressed that “to address global environmental challenges, including climate change, we must act now on the basis of agreed globally rules taking into account the principles of Equity and Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities. The Paris Agreement goals cannot be reached unless equity is implemented by all countries staying within their fair share…

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Union Home and Cooperation Minister, Amit Shah said that being the Home Minister, he can proudly say that Delhi Police has prepared and changed itself with the times and challenges and that is why Delhi Police is respected throughout the world today. He said that the kind of work that Delhi Police did during the pandemic would hardly have been done by any other police team. In the same period, there were chances of many incidents which were prevented very promptly by the Delhi Police because of which we feel safe today. He addressed the function organized on the occasion…

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