The SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was passed under the Rajiv Gandhi government to protect SCs and STs from social injustice. The Act provided for the immediate arrest of accused under the Act. The amendment made by the BJP government excludes public servants from the arrest without approval from their appointing authority. It also ruled […]
INC was the party that bestowed upon Dr Ambedkar the responsibility of drafting the constitution of India given his knowledge in law. He is known as the father of the Indian Constitution which is the longest handwritten constitution in the world. Ambedkar was elected to the Rajya Sabha with Congress’ help. He was also appointed […]
On October 7, 1930, Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar were sentenced to death for the Lahore conspiracy case. All three were hanged on March 23, 1931. As per the Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, 1973 edition, Vol-4, Pg-13, “…in Lahore on August 9, 1929, (reported by The Tribune, August 10, 1929), I visited […]
In April 2017, the then Chief Minister Siddaramiah announced that 51 ‘Pink Hoysalas’ shall be launched in Bangalore city, to ensure women’s safety and security. Each Pink Hoysala patrol unit consists of has two or three police personnel (with at least one female personnel). These are strategically stationed in areas with a high concentration of […]
The Congress government in Karnataka, has taken Bengaluru’s infrastructure to new heights. Benagluru has the second largest Metro Network in the country. Siddaramiah government built 36KM of metro in 5 years as opposed to 6km built by the Yeddyurappa government. BMTC is the country’s best city bus transport company and an award winning transport utility. […]
Sample this – during the announcement of MSP, the government and the PM constantly pointed out how they have provided MSP at 1.5 times the cost. Two different sides of the same story have come to light – one, Home Minister Rajnath Singh announced MSP for crops stating it is 1.5 times the cost. Second, […]
Like a huge chunk of PM Modi’s ‘schemes’ that he hogs credit for, UJALA was designed and piloted by the UPA, and they called it DELP (Demand Side Management-based Efficient Lighting Programme). While claiming credit for previous governments’ schemes, what the PM chooses not to tell the nation is that price decrease is a combination […]
Modi govt’s specific claim that every school now has separate toilets for boys and girls in all schools is not true. There are still 20,908 schools without girls’ toilets. The top 2 states without toilets for girls are Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, where the government is allied with BJP and led by the BJP respectively. […]
Congress government achievements in Tumakuru for Irrigation and farmers were as follows: 9,813 Farm Ponds & 343 Polyhouses Constructed Facilitated Drip Irrigation to 25,646.07 hectares benefitting 24,842 farmers. 73 Krishi Yanthradhare Centres established benefitting 43,640 farmers 33,170.32 lakhs waived under Loan Waiver Scheme benefitting 1,09,888 farmers. Congress completed 63 Multi-Village Drinking Water Projects & 1,456 […]
The Indian economy at the time of independence was in a really bad shape where we were dependent on other countries for food. The five year plans were devised targeting agriculture, industries and education to turn India into a self-reliant economy. Agricultural output in terms of food grain production increased from 50.82 million tonnes in […]