The Telegraph 08 July 2020 Former civil servants say the coronavirus pandemic has been used as an excuse for curbing freedom of speech across states Nearly a hundred former civil servants — all of who have retired from top positions in the bureaucracy — have picked up cudgels for the citizens’ right to freedom of […]
The Hindustan Times 04 July 2020 By Mark Tully There is still critical coverage of the government in the media. But it is instructive to see the ways in which the government exerts pressures on the media in an effort to keep organisations and their journalists in line. Taking part in a Zoom discussion on […]
India Legal 04 July 2020 In a statement, 99 former senior bureaucrats have critised the consistent attack on the freedom of expression and the right to dissent by the central government led by Narendra Modi in its second regime from 2019 onwards. Those who have signed include Ravi Vira Gupta, Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank […]
The Sentinel 03 July 2020 GUWAHATI: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) has urged the Governor of Assam Professor Jagdish Mukhi not to give assent to the Ordinance approved by the Assam State Cabinet to allow MSMEs to set up industries without any kind of permission or license for three years solely on the […]
KNN India 03 July 2020 Guwahati, Jul 3 (KNN) Assam government’s ordinance to allow conversion of land for MSMEs to set up industries on the basis of a self-declaration — without the requirement of any “permission, clearance or licence” for three years seems to have taken a political colour as after opposition, now the Rights and […]
The Hindu 02 July 2020 All Assam Students’ Union symbolically burn copies of ordinance, apex tribal body demands scrapping of ‘anti-indigenous’ move. The Assam government’s approval of an ordinance to allow conversion of land without clearances for setting up micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) triggered protests across the State on July 2. The State […]
Outlook 02 July 2020 Guwahati, July 2 (IANS) The Assam Cabinet”s approval of an ordinance to allow conversion of land without multiple clearances from the certain authorities for setting up Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) set off protests within and outside the state on Thursday. According to police and official sources, agitators from the […]
By Prasanta Mazumdar, The New Indian Express 02 July 2020 According to the Assam government decision, anyone can set up an industrial unit in the state by submitting just a self-declaration. GUWAHATI: After social media users and several organisations, a rights body expressed its opposition to an ordinance, approved by the Assam Cabinet which allows […]
The Sentinel 02 July 2020 The Assam Cabinet’s ordinance on MSMEs allows the setup of industries without any kind of permission or license for three years Guwahati: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today urged the Assam Governor Professor Jagdish Mukhi, not to give assent to the Ordinance approved by the Assam State Cabinet […]
The Economic Times 02 July 2020 “This will be disastrous for the MSMEs as their investment shall remain stuck up because of the illegality of land acquisition. This is equally disastrous for the individuals or communities on whose lands industries will be set up as they will be forced to challenge illegal land acquisition before […]