At the Labour Line office of Aajeevika Bureau situated at Syphon Chouraha on Bedla Road in Udaipur, Santosh Poonia said that 12,926 calls were received by his office between August 2011 and March 2016, out of which almost 37 percent were payment-related grievance calls. During the same time-span, 2,008 payment-related cases (as received by the Labour Line office) could be settled. Poonia, who is Programme Manager (Legal Education and Aid...
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Panic buttons in buses a must: Govt
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The government has decided to make it a must for all public buses owned by state transport corporations to have emergency panic buttons, surveillance cameras and vehicle-tracking devices to ensure the safety of women passengers. A formal notification on the rules will be issued after June 2, Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said in the capital today. The minister made the announcement while launching a pilot...
More »Number of untraced children up 84% in last three years -Sreemoyee Chatterjee
-The Times of India BENGALURU: The number of untraced children in India has seen a whopping hike of 84 per cent in the last three years according to records of Ministry of Home Affairs. While the total number of untraced children in 2013 was 34,244, in 2015, the figure has jumped up to 62,988. Speaking about the reasons behind so many children remaining untraced, Komal Ganotra, director of policy and advocacy for...
More »In Delhi last year, 22 children went missing every day
-The Indian Express The data has been collated by NGO CRY from replies given by Delhi Police to RTI queries filed by the organisation. Last year, almost 8,000 children went missing in the national capital, an average of 22 children every day, a significant increase compared to 2014, when 18 children on an average went missing every day. The data has been collated by NGO CRY from replies given by Delhi...
More »Decisions of the people, by the people, for the people -Ashish Kothari
-The Hindu People’s objections, from Chhattisgarh to Odisha, against large development projects have brought out the real power of the Forest Rights Act of 2006. Democracy is alive and kicking in India. No, I am not referring to the Assembly elections. It is unfortunate that the term democracy has been reduced to the drama of periodic elections and the subsequent reliance of the electorate on politicians and bureaucrats. When these powerful few...
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