-The Times of India Heir apparent Rahul Gandhi on Friday said a successful 'direct cash transfer' can power Congress to victory in the next two elections. "If we get this programme right, we will win the next two general elections," Rahul reportedly told a meeting of Congress chiefs of 51 districts where the cash transfer scheme is to be rolled out. The remark provided the bluntest evidence that Congress is banking on the...
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To pass biometric identification, apply Vaseline or Boroplus on fingers overnight -Anumeha Yadav
-The Hindu The technical glitches that plague cash transfers in Jharkhand may not have arisen with a simpler system that does not need Internet connectivity Pilot cash transfer projects taken up in Jharkhand for MGNREGA wages have achieved little success due to a variety of logistical, human and technological problems. A year after the launch of these projects, the problems remain unsolved. In Ramgarh district, a majority of the beneficiaries are in Dohakatu...
More »Delhi bias in Supreme Court litigation -Rukmini Shrinivasan
-The Times of India In a country already frequently accused of centralising decision-making in its capital city, new data on the Supreme Court now shows a disturbing Delhi bias in litigation too. Litigants who live closer to Delhi are significantly more likely to appeal in the Supreme Court, according to the first detailed analysis of recent apex court data by a legal researcher. Nick Robinson, a visiting fellow at the Centre for...
More »Government to organise camps in schools, colleges & panchayats to enroll beneficiaries under direct cash transfer scheme-Dheeraj Tiwari
-The Economic Times The government will set up camps in educational institutions and villages to speed up enrollment of beneficiaries under direct cash transfer scheme, a finance ministry official said. Direct cash transfer, a method the government hopes will plug leakages and cut delays in transfer of subsidies to the poor, is to be rolled out in 51 districts in 15 states from January 1. Enrollment camps will be set up in schools...
More »Climate change deaths up 5-fold since 1970
-The Times of India Even as one in four deaths worldwide in 2010 was caused by heart disease or stroke the top two killers that have remained constant for the past 40 years human mortality caused by climate change has shown the most dangerous spurt over the last four decades. The Global Burden of Disease Study, 2010, published by the British medical journal, The Lancet, on Thursday shows that there has been...
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