-Business Standard Earlier, state governments had the responsibility to define the minimum quantum of work required to earn a day's wages The central government will now define the minimum quantum of work required to earn a day's wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), as reported by the Economic Times (ET). It was earlier decided by the state government. The Centre may look to make changes under Section 27(1)...
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India Ranks 107 On Global Hunger Index 2022, Government Calls It An ‘Erroneous’ Measure -Aastha Ahuja
-Swachhindia.ndtv.com India has ranked 107 out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022, the peer-reviewed annual report, jointly published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe New Delhi: India has ranked 107 out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022. The peer-reviewed annual report, jointly published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe, termed the level of hunger in India as ‘serious’ as its GHI score is 29.1. India’s neighbours...
More »Home Ministry seeks another three-month extension to frame Citizenship Amendment Act rules -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu Since the rules have not been drafted, the Citizenship Amendment Act, passed in 2019, cannot be enforced &NBSp; The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought an extension of another three months to frame the rules of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, a legislation that fast tracks the citizenship of undocumented persons of six non-Muslim communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Without the rules being framed, the Act cannot be...
More »Rural India falls prey to processed foods -Kankana Trivedi
-VillageSquare.in The lure of processed fast food is not just an urban India problem - rural Indians are finding it increasingly hard to resist readily available junk food as a recent survey from the Development Intelligence Unit shows. Many of us have fond memories of drinking roohafza and eating homemade fryums.&NBSp; OK, fryums are a deep-fried potato snack and roohafza might have fruit and herbs as its base but is loaded with sugar.&NBSp; Still,...
More »New survey shows processed snack foods lure rural Indians -Sandeep Ghosh
-VillageSquare.in A new survey by the Development Intelligence Unit shows that obesity is a rapidly evolving problem, especially in rural India, and needs to be addressed through policies and awareness campaigns Thirty years ago, obesity was not considered a public health issue. Even as late as the 1990s, obesity was only seen as a western concern, whereas undernutrition or malnutrition was more of a problem for developing nations such as India. But the...
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