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    "If you do not like a book, simply close it. The answer is not its ban." - Madras High Court Judgment [PDF 676 KB]

    Ruling in favour of a Tamil author, Perumal Murugan, the Madras High Court, on July 5, 2016, dismissed petitions which included seeking the forfeiture of all copies of a Tamil book, titled Madhorubagan, and its English translation, One(...)

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    Reserve Bank of India: Handbook of Statistics on Indian States

    This is the first edition of the Handbook of Statistics on Indian States published by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). According to RBI, the Handbook "provides State-wise statistics on a wide range of features of the regional e(...)

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    Official Document: Draft National Education Policy 2016

    The Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India, has shared some inputs on the draft National Education Policy (NEP) 2016. The Policy "envisions a credible education system capable of ensuring inclusive quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all and producing students/graduates equipped with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that are required to lead a productive life, participate in the country’s development process, respond to the requirements of the fast‐changing, ever‐globalising, knowledge‐based societies, and developing responsible citizens who respect the Indian tradition of acceptance of diversity of India’s heritage, culture and history and promote social cohesion and religious amity. This vision recognizes the central role of education in India’s social, economic, political, and cultural development." The MHRD invites views and suggestions on the draft, which can be sent to [email protected] by July 31, 2016.

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Full Text: A Study of State Budgets - 2015-16

Reserve Bank of India

The Reserve Bank of India brings out a report as an annual publication entitled State Finances: A Study of Budgets, which analyses the fiscal position of State governments on the basis of primary disaggregated State-wise data.

The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, has released a report, "Key Indicators of Household Expenditure on Services and Durable Goods", based on information collected from July, 2014 - June 2015, as part of its seventy-second Round. This survey on household expenditure on services and durable goods was the first focused survey of its kind undertaken by the NSSO, according to an official press release.
Investigative journalism of quality and relevance is valuable in itself, in what it can do for ordinary folk and for society, typically holding up truth to power. It can play an instrumentalist role in re-energising professional journalism.
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, has released a report, "Key Indicators of Domestic Tourism in India", based on information collected between July, 2014 and June, 2015 as a part of its seventy-second Round. A similar survey on the same subject was last conducted by the NSSO during July 2008 - June 2009 as part of its sixty-fifth Round.
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