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Finalise beneficiaries under Central scheme for underprivileged prisoners, Home Ministry tells States

MHA urges States to form committees to identify inmates unable to pay fines due to financial hardship. Union government will reimburse up to ₹40,000 for each undertrial and ₹25,000 for convicts. Scheme announced in Union Budget, guidelines shared in August.

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State DGP appointees must have at least six months to retire; those on deputation need Central consent: amended UPSC guidelines

Only police officers with at least six months of service left before retirement will be considered for appointment as the Director General of Police of a State, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said in amended guidelines issued last month.

The Hindu

Centre to roll out DNA, face matching systems at police stations across country

More than a year it was passed by parliament, provisions of the after the Criminal Procedure Identification Act are yet to be implemented entirely on the ground.

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Several NGOs fail to show right area of work: Union Home Ministry data

Registration under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010, is mandatory to receive donations from outside of India.

The Hindu

I-T dept revokes tax exemption status of 4 NGOs, letters to two mention protests against Adani

The Income Tax department has revoked the tax exemption status of four non-government organisations – Oxfam India, CARE India, Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment, and Environics Trust, Newslaundry learned from sources and top officials linked to these organisations. The tax exemption was reportedly revoked about two weeks ago.

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Aspirations of 21st-century India far removed from Maoist worldview: MHA

The MHA report said the Union government monitors the left-wing extremism situation on a regular basis

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100-km smart fencing along Myanmar border in the pipeline to boost surveillance: Home Ministry

MHA plans to install advanced smart fencing system of 100 km along Myanmar border to strengthen existing surveillance system. 137 insurgency-related incidents registered in Manipur in 2022. Free Movement Regime (FMR) exists between India and Myanmar, suspended by Manipur govt since 2020. 10.023 km fencing at Moreh, Manipur awarded to…

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Over Rs 22 cr foreign funds under freeze after MHA action, confident of legal relief: CPR

More than Rs 22 crore in foreign funds has been “under freeze” at the Centre for Policy Research, according to the Delhi-based think tank’s latest annual report. The freeze emanates from the suspension of CPR’s Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licence by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs in February this…

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NewsClick editor arrested in India after raids over alleged foreign funding

Website founder Prabir Purkayastha and another staff arrested after raids over allegations of receiving foreign money.

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Manipur to compensate farmers hit by ethnic violence with ₹38-crore package

The total income loss for Manipur in the farm sector during the violence was estimated at ₹226.5 crore

The Hindu

Regulating media briefings by the police | Explained

With the Union Ministry of Home Affairs being ordered to prepare revised guidelines on media briefings by police personnel, we look at what the existing guidelines are and their shortcomings

The Hindu

Push for more women, this time in the police

A special drive should be launched by all States and Union Territories to recruit more women in the police force, just as the Constitutional 128th amendment for women would do

The Hindu

Mob tries to storm Manipur CM’s home

A mob tried to storm the residence of Manipur CM N. Biren Singh in Imphal East on September 28 evening, amid simmering anger over the murder of two Meitei students who went missing in July.

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Manipur, Mizoram differ on Myanmar ‘refugees’

Mizoram govt. decides against collecting biometrics of Myanmar refugees; Manipur seeks more time due to Kuki-Meitei conflict. 40,000 Chin people have crossed over to Mizoram and Manipur. MHA asked both States to capture biometric details by Sept. 30. Manipur started process in July, seeks extension due to conflict. 718 Myanmar…

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Home Ministry compulsorily retires IAS officer in public interest

MHA has retired IAS officer Rinku Dugga in public interest due to lack of integrity and ineffectiveness. The order was issued under FR 56(j)/(l) & Rule 48 of CCS Pension Rules, 1972. 122 officers have been given compulsory retirement in past 3 yrs.

The Hindu

NSG submits report to MHA on Naidu’s arrest

The National Security Guard, who are providing security to former AP Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, submitted a report to the Ministry of Home Affairs on his arrest.

The Hindu

Broadening the field: On science awards and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize winners

Rather than reducing the number of science awards, there is actually a stronger case for expanding the remit of these awards

The Hindu

Union Home Ministry denies CMs’ charge that they did not get flight permissions

The Ministry of Home Affairs denied claims by the Chief Ministers of Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan that their helicopters were denied permission to land in Delhi because of restrictions imposed over the ongoing G20 summit in the national capital.

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MHA clearance for credit of foreign contribution is necessary; mere registration under the FCR Act is not enough: Karnataka High Court

Mere possession of permanent registration under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, does not create a right in favour of an organisation to get the amounts, received from foreign countries, credited to their designated savings bank account, the High Court of Karnataka has said.

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Explained | Sedition ‘repealed’, death penalty for mob lynching: the new Bills to overhaul criminal laws

We examine the three new criminal law bills introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 11, which seek to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860; the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

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Morning Digest | Rajya Sabha passes Delhi Services Bill; Home Ministry seeks eighth extension to frame CAA rules, and more

Read a daily selection of top stories from across India and the world by The Hindu to start your day

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Home Ministry seeks eighth extension to frame CAA rules

MHA seeks eighth extension to frame CAA rules. The government has written to Parliament committee for time till September. CAA seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim undocumented migrants from Pak., Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Act exempts members of 6 communities from criminal cases and most parts of NE from CAA.

The Hindu

‘Save The Children’ loses its FCRA permit

In 2022, Bal Raksha Bharat came under the government’s radar for a fundraising campaign on malnutrition, which was objected to by the Ministry of Women and Child Development

Dynamite News

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba is all set to make a new record in the history of Indian Bureaucracy with another 1 year extension

Gauba is an IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre (1982 batch) and has held important assignments like Union Home Secretary; Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development and Chief Secretary, Jharkhand. He has also represented India at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Read further on Dynamite News:

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Explained | Proposed amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act

The Registration of Birth and Death (RBD) Amendment Bill, 2023 was tabled in the Lok Sabha on July 26. We examine what changes are proposed by it and how it may impact the Indian population at large.

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