-IdeasforIndia.com The Centre has sought an additional Rs. 25,000 crore as funding for MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). Based on simple calculations using official data, Ashwini Kulkarni contends that the actual fund requirement is in fact much higher. As the pandemic continues to adversely impact rural livelihoods, the government should allocate sufficient funds to MNREGA, in order to honour the work-on-demand guarantee. For over a month, national and local...
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Govt. will improve suo motu publication of data under the RTI Act, says Minister
-The Hindu ‘It is planning to develop minimum standards to enhance availability’ The Tamil Nadu Government will improve suo motu publication of data under the Right to Information Act on the websites of government departments, said Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management Palanivel Thiaga Rajan here on Monday. To a question raised during the discussion following the launch of the book Whole Numbers and Half Truths, authored by journalist S. Rukmini, he...
More »Right to Food Campaign Secretariat demands for increasing the quota under PDS to include those without ration cards
-Press release by the Right to Food Campaign Secretariat dated 3rd December, 2021 In its press release dated 3 December, 2021, the Right to Food Campaign welcomes the Central Government's decision to extend Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), and reiterates the demands for increasing quota and universalisation of PDS. Please click here to access the press release by the Right to Food Campaign Secretariat dated 3rd December, 2021. For further information,...
More »Right to Food Campaign writes to the Food Minister for further extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana & universalisation of PDS
-Press release by the Right to Food Campaign Secretariat dated 8th November, 2021 In a recent letter to Shri. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, the Right to Food Campaign Secretariat -- a civil society organisation working on food and nutrition security in the country -- has recommended for further extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) till May 2022. Against the backdrop of uncertainty over livelihoods...
More »India’s Fertility Transition and Differences between Religious Groups -KS James and Md Juel Rana
-TheIndiaForum.in ‘Overpopulation’ can no longer be a concern in India, as across states and across religious groups fertility has been falling in recent decades and approaching replacement level. Fears about a demographic shift between religious groups are not based on fact. India’s demographic trends have been viewed optimistically in recent years, compared to the second half of the 20th century when the discourse was about “overpopulation”. Undoubtedly, the country is now passing...
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