-Economic and Political Weekly The Government of India’s NFHS-4 offers the best new data on open defecation in rural India to be eleased in over a decade. Although open defecation has become less common than it was 10 years ago, it is still highly prevalent, with more than half of rural households reporting open defecation. On average, change has Been slow, even during the period of the Swachh Bharat Mission. Please click...
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Agricultural sector growth slows down to 3%, show new estimates
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has recently made an upward revision to the growth to be experienced by the agrarian economy in the present crop year (viz. from July, 2017 to June, 2018). The growth in real Gross Value Added (GVA) by the agrarian sector as a whole is expected to be 3.0 percent in 2017-18 as per the second advance estimates of national income for 2017-18, which was released...
More »After Universalising PoS and Iris Readers for PDS, AAP Govt Approves Doorstep Delivery of Rations -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in Food rights group says this is just a changing of goalposts, questions why rules have not Been formulated and state food commission not constituted despite court nudge. New Delhi: Though in order to overcome the problem of exclusions faced due to Aadhaar-linked Point of Sales (PoS) machines installed at ration shops, the Delhi cabinet today approved the scheme for doorstep delivery of rations under the Public Distribution System, food rights activists...
More »Maharashtra Government takes steps to curb crime by juveniles
-The Indian Express While stating that percentage of juvenile crime was much less compared to other crimes, the Chief Minister said, “Even a marginal increase is a cause of serious concern. And it is our government’s endeavour to make it negligible.” Mumbai: The state government has initiated steps to curb crimes across Maharashtra committed by juveniles. The government is taking even a marginal increase in juvenile crime as a cause for...
More »Economic gender gap will take 217 years to close: WEF report -Tina Edwin
-The Hindu Business Line ‘Increased participation of women in economic activity can boost economy’ New Delhi: When the theme for 2017 International Women’s Day was set as ‘Be Bold for Change’, little did anyone imagine that later that year Hollywood actress Ashley Judd would come out and speak up against film production and distribution house Miramax co-founder Harvey Weinstein who had sexually harassed her in the early years of her career. Judd proved...
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