-The Hindu They also demand continuation of old age pension DINDIGUL (Tamil Nadu): The All India Farmers' Association has strongly condemned the Central government's move to scale down allocation of grant for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and the inordinate delay in settling old age pension (OAP) to beneficiaries. It has planned to campaign in all villages against the Centre from December 2 to 5 and lay a siege...
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Literacy rate jumps 10% in a decade in India -B Sivakumar
-The Times of India CHENNAI: While India has shown considerable improvement in literacy levels in the last 10 years, one in 10 households still doesn't have even a single literate member, shows the Census 2011 data. On the other hand, more than one-third of the households in the country have at least four literate members above the age of seven. According to the data on literacy released on Friday, India has 24.88...
More »Panel to protect elders -Ananya Sengupta
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The government is planning to set up a commission for the country's hundred million senior citizens who would finally have a forum they can call their own to voice complaints of abuse and negligence. The draft National Commission for Senior Citizens Bill, 2014 - which the social justice ministry has sent to several NGOs - gives the proposed panel powers to "investigate" all matters relating to safeguards provided...
More »93 women are being raped in India every day, NCRB data show -Christin Mathew Philip
-The Times of India CHENNAI: If one goes by the latest statistics of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), every day 93 women are being raped in the country. According to NCRB data, there is a gradual increase in the number of rapes reported in India - from 24,923 in 2012 to 33,707 in 2013. Despite of several protests after Nirbhaya incident in New Delhi, the national capital continuous to be the unsafe city...
More »Alarming rise in elder abuse in urban India
There has been a phenomenal rise in the percentage of elderly who are abused by their own family members, and although most of the victims are aware of police helplines, they seldom adopt such solutions. What can be the explanation behind such social behaviour? Based on a survey conducted in 12 cities across 8 states with a sample size of 1,200 elders covering both metro (Tier I) and non- metro (Tier...
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