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NREGS scam in Tapi: Woman sarpanch in dock

In the second such case Vyara taluka of Tapi district, a woman sarpanch of Kumbhia village has been accused of forging signatures of NREGS workers and including ghost names of beneficiaries in the roll muster to siphon off Rs 4.18 lakh. A complaint in this connection has been made to Taluka Development Officer and District Development Officer by the aggrieved workers. The fund was meant for construction of roads and three...

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Male preserve by TK Rajalakshmi

Haryana records the lowest adult sex ratio in the country, and its Jhajjar district has the worst adult and child sex ratios. THE results of the provisional Census revealed that Haryana as a whole registered the lowest adult sex ratio in the country and also had the lowest child sex ratio (CSR). Among the State's districts, Jhajjar recorded the lowest adult as well as child sex ratio, and within the district,...

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How Mumbai will track sex determination offenders?

Alarmed at the declining figures of female population in Maharashtra, as revealed by the provisional census of 2011, the state health department has launched a crackdown on clinics, which illegally perform sex determination tests. According to department officials, they will deploy 'Decoy Sting Operation Teams' at the district level. This team, which consists of khabris (informants), will track down clinics performing sex determination tests. Local health NGOs will also be...

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Food Security Bill to be tabled soon: Oscar

MP and AICC General Secretary Oscar Fernandes said Food Security Bill will be tabled before the Parliament at the earliest. Speaking to presspersons, he said the Bill will help in distributing rice at Rs 3 per kg and wheat at Rs 2 per kg for BPL families in the country. “Ombudsman and private agency will be strengthened to make a study on the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme....

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Policing The Ratio by Amba Batra Bakshi

Correcting The Skew... Among suggestions made for checking prenatal sex determination are:     * Police presence outside suspect ultrasound clinics and hospitals     * An online complaint forum to allow people to inform on erring clinics     * Mapping of districts, identification of problem regions and analysis of data to determine causative factors     * Tracking sex ratio through data collection at birth, so that real-time data is available for corrective measures *** The news of the...

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