Corrections and Clarifications - April 04, 2016

April 04, 2016 12:28 am | Updated 12:28 am IST

>> “Right to free opinion under threat, says Indira Jaisingh” (April 3, 2016, some editions) erroneously said that Emergency was declared on June 26, 1976 . It should have been June 25, 1975 .

>>In “Govt. needs to take child rights issues seriously: Satyarthi” (April 1, 2016), it was mentioned that the BBA [Bachpan Bachao Andolan] had rescued 53, 000 children working in various industries. Actually, in the last two years, the movement has rescued 5,300 children working in various industries, including family-run businesses.

>> The opening paragraph of “ADB lowers India’s growth forecast to 7.4 % for 2016-17” (March 31, 2016, Business page) said the Asian Development Bank had lowered India’s growth forecast to 7.4 per cent from an earlier estimate of 7.6 per cent for the financial year ending March 31, 2017. It should have been to 7.4 per cent from an earlier estimate of 7.8 per cent

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