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The bitter tales of Shamli’s sugarcane farmers: ‘Netas talk palayan (exodus), our issue bhugtan (payment)’ -Harish Damodaran

-The Indian Express Even though Shamli tops in sugarcane production, there is nearly Rs 300 crore dues for district farmers. Shamli/ Kairana: Mohkam Singh supplied 22 buffalo carts of cane, each laden with 18 quintals, to the sugar mill at Shamli belonging to Sir Shadi Lal Enterprises Ltd in the 2015-16 crushing season. These 400 quintals should have fetched about Rs 1.12 lakh at the Uttar Pradesh government’s state advised price (SAP)...

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The best way to welfare -Abhijit V Banerjee

-The Indian Express Swiss voted against the idea of a Universal Basic Income. But the debate continues We in India tend to associate Switzerland with fresh-faced girls in dirndls on a beautiful hillside, or with a cabal of silent bankers, but it is in fact a much more interesting country than those clichés might imply. For one, they decide on policy by referendums — if a hundred thousand Swiss sign up to...

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Activists oppose child ‘help’ in family enterprises -Dennis S Jesudasan

-The Hindu Argue that proposed amendments to Act will only enable legalising child labour Chennai: Amidst efforts by the Union Labour Ministry to bring in certain amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 and to allow children below 14 years of age to ‘help’ in family enterprises, activists demand that the government should not pass the bill in Parliament. In the run-up to Anti Child Labour Day on...

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More visually-impaired children now going to schools: Study -Isha Jain

-The Times of India LUCKNOW: There was a 17.36% rise in enrolment of visually challenged children in schools between 2002 and 2009, NCERT's eighth all-India School Education survey has revealed. With 40,635 students, Maharashtra had the highest number of visually challenged students in schools, followed by the country's most literate state Kerala with 38,230 students. The survey revealed that visually impaired accounted for 29.16% of the differently abled students in the country. There...

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RTI, RTE and rising aspirations -Anuradha Raman & Mehboob Jeelani

-The Hindu In a sign of change, mothers wage a relentless battle to get their children admission to the seats reserved for the poor in private schools. New Delhi: In her tiny room with a grey refrigerator and a wall-mounted television set, Babita opens up about her dreams. “My children should learn to speak in English,” she says. Two of her children study in private schools, and another in a government school. Private...

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