The Economic Survey presented ahead of the Union Budget has already exposed the severity of the slowdown afflicting the Indian economy. GDP growth has dipped to 5% in 2019-20, the lowest since the global recession of 2008-09, with slowdown gripping all the sectors of the economy – industry, services as well as agriculture. The investment rate has fallen by 1.2%...

There is nothing new in the Union Home Ministry’s clarification in parliament today in response to a question, that “till now, the government has not taken any decision to prepare National Register of Citizens (NRC) at the national level”. The same reply was received in response to RTI queries since last year. The National Population Register (NPR) has already been...