Elections 2020

FIR Against Kanpur Mayor Amid Breach Of Secrecy Of Voting

Kanpur: Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey has created a controversy by breaching the secrecy of voting. She had clicked pictures and videos inside the polling booth. She shared the footages of her casting vote on whatsapp groups. 

She cast her vote at the Hudson School polling booth in Kanpur.

Taking the cognizance of the matter, the District Magistrate has initiated action against her.

In the third phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections voting will be held for 59 assembly seats in 16 districts. The fate of 627 candidates will be decided in the third phase. Voting will start at 7 am and will go on till 6 pm. The districts where polling will be held include Hathras, Firozabad, Etah, Kasganj, Mainpuri, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Hamirpur and Mahoba.

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Government Cancels Reports On LIC IPO That Claim Massive Covid Death In 2021

Aleesha Sam

New Delhi: The government Saturday dismissed as “speculative” media reports related to LIC IPO data claiming that Covid-related deaths in 2021 could be much higher than those recorded officially.

The country endured the devastating second wave of the pandemic during 2021 April and May.

The Union Health Ministry said on Saturday that India has a very transparent and efficient system of reporting COVID-19 deaths, right from the gram panchayat level to the district and the state level.

The process of reporting deaths is monitored and carried out transparently, it said in a statement.

It said that the media report related to IPOs proposed to be issued by the LIC has mentioned the details of policies and claims settled by the insurer to make a “speculative and biased” interaretation that Covid-related mortalities could be more than those recorded officially.

“It is clarified that these reports are speculative and baseless,” it said.

While claims settled by LIC relate to life insurance policies taken by policy holders for deaths due to all causes, the news reports conclude that this would imply Covid deaths were underreported, the statement said.

“A flawed interpretation like this is not based on facts and highlights the bias of the author.” It also reveals a lack of understanding of how Covid deaths in India have been collated and published daily in public domain since the beginning of pandemic, it stated.

The government has adopted a globally recognised categorisation to classify Covid deaths with the sole objective of reporting deaths in a transparent manner, it said.

In the model so adopted, the compilation of the total deaths is undertaken by the Centre based on the independent reporting by the states, the statement said.

Furthermore, the government has time and again exhorted states to periodically update their mortality figures as this exercise would accentuate the efforts of public health response to COVID-19 by giving a true picture of the pandemic, it said.

In addition to this, it must be noted that there is an added incentive in India to report COVID-19 deaths as it entitles one to monetary compensation which further makes the likelihood of underreporting scarce, the statement said.

Therefore, jumping on any conclusion regarding underreporting of deaths is tantamount to mere speculation and conjecturing, it added.

“Thus, it is highlighted that quoting issues as sensitive as death during a global public health crisis like pandemic Covid -19 should be dealt with utmost sensitivity and authenticity,” the statement said.

India has a robust Civil Registration System (CRS) and Sample Registration System (SRS) which was in place even before the COVID-19 pandemic and covers all states and union territories, the government said.

It is also highlighted that the registration of deaths in the country has a legal backing, it said, adding the registration is done under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act (RBD Act, 1969) by functionaries appointed by state governments.

Thus, data generated through CRS has utmost credibility and should be used rather than depending on unauthenticated data, the statement said.

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