Thursday, December 26, 2019

Jagan Reddy's Flip Flop on NRC-CAA May Come at a Heavy Political Cost

Jagan Reddy's Flip Flop on NRC-CAA May Come at a Heavy Political Cost

TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES

The Union Cabinet's approval, yesterday, for conducting a Census of India 2021, and updation of the National Population Register is covered prominently by the Press. "Government approves of National Population Register, says no link to NRC"- headlines The Times of India. Business Line of the Hindu writes "Cabinet clears Rs 3, 941 crore NPR exercise.

"A New Military Department under CDS", headlines Mail Today, adding that in this historic makeover a Department of Military Affairs will be created under a Chief of Defence Staff, after almost two decades of the post being first recommended.

"The Indian Express writes "First notices go out in Uttar Pradesh to 28 residents: Pay Rs 14 lakh for damage to property". Days after protests over the Citizenship Law and police crackdown, the State has initiated the process of recovery of damage to government property.

The Economic Times writes that the government may consider collapsing the five Goods and Services Tax (GST) slabs into two, in order to simplify the system and combat a short fall in collections.

No comments:

Post a Comment