The move comes on the heels of the ministry discontinuing the Maulana Azad National Fellowship.

https://thewire.in/government/padho-pardesh-scheme-discontinued 

Students belonging to minority communities can no longer avail of interest subsidies on education loans to study abroad. The Ministry of Minority Affairs (MOMA) has discontinued the Padho Pardesh scheme which enables this, reported The Hindu BusinessLine.

Last month, the Indian Banks’ Association notified banks about the discontinuation of the scheme from 2022-23. However, no reason has been specified for the change, as per the news report.

Under the Padho Pardesh Interest Subsidy Scheme, students who belong to minority communities – including Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, and Parsis – and want to pursue higher studies such as a master’s degree, MPhil and PhD abroad, are eligible to obtain interest subsidies on their entire loan amounts for a specified time period (course period, plus one year or six months after getting job, whichever is earlier).

16/01/2023

Anti-Conversion Laws: The trope of forced religious conversions  https://sabrangindia.in/article/anti-conversion-laws-trope-forced-religious-conversions Tanya Arora 20 Dec 2022  Even with central “anti-conversion law”, figures show up the claim for “forced religious conversions” for what it is, an exaggeration

It is an established principled of just and fair jurisprudence that once any law is passed, that contains anti-constitutional and oppressive provisions, selective policing, state surveillance, harassment or interference in issues of personal liberty, privacy and autonomy, follow. These take a collective form when the very intent of such laws is not community neutral but majoritarian.

Modi Government is One of the Most Appalling in the World—Bharat Ratna & Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen https://youtu.be/hOhLhaTrSxo?t=110 Jan 14, 2023

In one of the harshest possible criticisms of the Narendra Modi government, the well-known Nobel Laureate upon whom the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government conferred the Bharat Ratna in 1999, Amartya Sen, has said: “the Modi government is one of the most appalling in the world”. Prof. Sen explained that he has come to this view because “it treats its own people in such a nasty way”. He added: “the Indian government’s record has been really rather terrible”. At another point in the interview he said the Modi government’s treatment of muslims and the fact that it has no muslim MP in either house of parliament is “unacceptably barbaric”.

मोदी सरकार पर चुनाव आयोग ने चलाया डंडा, Election Commission against bringing parity | PM Modi DESH NEETI Jan 12, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJqD-DbpVEs 

SONG : HILLE LE JHAKJOR DUNIYA at WALK OF HOPE 2015 -16  https://youtu.be/RHCiocHGHvY?t=120 - Manav Ekta Mission Aug 11, 2016

MUSIC OF HOPE, a music concert by the INDIAN OCEAN BAND which took place on the 27th of February 2016, to promote the Walk of Hope - A padayatra led by Sri M from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, which commenced in Jan 2015 and concluded in April 2016, with the purpose of promoting oneness, peace and harmony amongst the people of India

 Walk of Hope: Step by step, humanity brings people together March 19, 2016 https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/sri-m-walk-of-hope-step-by-step-humanity-brings-people-together/ Sri M’s Walk of Hope began in Kanyakumari on January 12, 2015, the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, and will conclude in Srinagar in May, reaching out to 10 million people en route. 

Sri M's 'Walk of Hope' from Kanyakumari to Kashmir reaches Delhi https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sri-ms-walk-of-hope-from-kanyakumari-to-kashmir-reaches-delhi/articleshow/51147205.cms 

spreading the message of interfaith harmony, sustainable living, community health, equality, women’s empowerment and education. After having walked more than 5,600 km and having traversed six states, since setting out from India’s southernmost point on January 12, 2015, the walkers have reached Delhi.

https://walkofhope.in/

Indian Big Business  https://www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/family-business/  Jairus Banaji The evolution of India’s corporate sector from 2000 to 2020 

“crony capitalism” had to be grasped in a deeper sense to reflect not the odd favors bestowed on this or that industrialist by the government of the day, but the system that cemented the ties between state and capital.

“At the Modi-Obama reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan [on Sunday 25, 2015], about two dozen industrialists had been invited and were seen standing in a queue to greet the US president. About six to eight of those present collectively owe close to Rs. 3.5 lakh crore1 to banks, mostly public sector undertaking (PSU) banks. The banking industry in India has about Rs.5 lakh crore 2 as total capital and nearly 70 percent of it is exposed to just a half a dozen industrial houses. Technically, if these business houses were to go bust, 70 percent of India’s banking capital will get wiped out. In short, they are too big to fail.

 Roots of the Kashmir dispute A.G. NOORANI Published : May 11, 2016  https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/roots-of-the-kashmir-dispute/article64762076.ece 

representatives from over 20 civil society organizations from 10 states of India including National Network for Dalit and Human Rights (NCDHR), National Dalit Movement for Justice (NDMJ), Dalit Human Rights Defenders Network (DHRDNet), National Council for Women Leaders (NCWL), Dhanak for Humanity, People’s Union for Civil Liberties
(PUCL), Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) among others agreed to jointly initiate a Network with the goal of preventing crimes committed in the name of honour.

*The complex and dangerous nature of honour violence, especially in India, cannot be understated. With no law on the books and no definite way to determine cases, convictions in cases of honour killings remain woefully low.*

The campaign, titled ‘Network To Combat Against Crimes Committed in the Name of Honour’ is a National network of national and grass-roots organizations/networks working with an anti-caste, anti-patriarchy, feminist and minority protection ethic.

The Network is aimed at bringing legislative, legal and social protections for persons engaged in inter-caste, inter-faith and queer-trans marriages and associations. This work involves:

- Working towards enactment of national and state legislations to prevent honour-based crimes.
- Ensuring that honour-based crimes are recorded[1], shared publicly, and survivors receive justice and protection.
- Raising awareness among the public on honour-based crimes using all forms of media.

https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Gang-of-20_English-1.pdf A Comic Book by Orijit Sen The annual summit of the G20 world leaders in India for the first time.
The Prime Minister and his team have left no stone unturned to ensure a grand spectacle..