-Livemint.com Report says only 10.1% of the total households that had been provided employment had been able to complete 100 days of work as stipulated by the MGNREGA New Delhi: The rural job guarantee programme provided only 49 days of work on an average across the country in 2015-16 when drought in several states affected farm output and crimped income. Rural development minister Chaudhary Birender Singh, though, highlighted this number as a...
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NREGS scores a point in 1st report card with highest spend of Rs 56,000 crore in FY16 -Ruchika Chitravanshi
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: For the first time ever, the Narendra Modi government is bringing out a performance review of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), highlighting the highest ever expenditure of Rs 56,000 crore undertaken in 2015-16 which includes Rs 12,000 crore paid in pending wages this year. The scheme generated 235 crore person days of wage employment, highest in last 5 years. However, it continued to lag in...
More »Restore RTI in school syllabus, Raje govt. told -Vidya Venkat
-The Hindu Former Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah has written to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, following the removal of a chapter on the Right to Information Act from school text books. In a letter dated June 24, Mr. Habibullah, chairperson of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, cited Section 26 of the RTI Act to point out that the law places a statutory duty on State governments to educate the citizenry, particularly...
More »Server glitch hits distribution of food grains -PJ Joychen
-The Times of India Jaipur: Frequent snags in the server of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) have led to disruption in the distribution of food grains through the fair price shops in Rajasthan resulting in many violent incidents in the state. The state government has sought the help of the Union food ministry to take up the matter with UIDAI. Dr Subodh Agarwal, principal secretary, food and consumer affairs of...
More »Demand for Bt cotton seeds sharply down -Shishir Arya
-The Times of India Nagpur: There has been a major dip in the demand for genetically modified Bt cotton seeds this kharif season. The seeds that were introduced by the US multinational Monsanto in 2002 have become mainstay of cotton farming since then. This year, there has been a sharp increase in use of local varieties of cotton seeds instead of Bt in the northern states. The area seems to have...
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