-IndiaToday.in The NGO, whose PIL in Supreme Court led to the update of NRC, now claims financial irregularities in the process Two years after the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published in Assam, an allegation of large-scale financial irregularities in the process of preparing the document have surfaced. The allegation has been levelled by Assam Public Works (APW), the NGO that first filed a PIL in the Supreme Court demanding update,...
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Poor Remuneration and Late Payments: The NREGA Payments Trap -Debmalya Nandy
-TheWire.in The current, complex payments systems employed by the government must give way to simple, decentralised systems to ensure greater accountability as empower local governing bodies. The Union government’s approach to payments under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has been a ridiculous joke, played on the workers who wait for their hard-earned money for a long time. Many do not get their payments at all, owing to various local malpractices....
More »Pigs, ponds and platelets: A UP hospital’s tumultuous ride through the dengue outbreak -Ayush Tiwari
-Newslaundry.com Grimy, inefficient and chaotic, Firozabad’s Government Medical College is struggling to manage the dengue outbreak that has killed more than 50. Dr Sangeeta Aneja sits in one corner of the hall of the Government Medical College in Firozabad, which is at the heart of the efforts to control the dengue outbreak in the district. Every minute, a family member meekly walks up to her with the results of a blood test....
More »Latest available PLFS data sheds light on unpaid helpers in self-employment & underemployment among various types of workers
Generally, economists refer to indicators like Worker Population Ratio (WPR), Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) in order to assess the extent of joblessness and work related precarity at a particular period of time in a certain geographical area. However, there are other indicators too, which can help in understanding the job situation, livelihoods security and vulnerability of workers in a better way such as 'percentage distribution...
More »Even with 20.1% GDP growth, the economy has been set back by three years -Vivek Kaul
-Livemint.com This is the highest GDP growth that India has seen since the country started reporting quarterly GDP data for the quarter ended June 1996 The gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the period April to June 2021 came in at a record 20.1%. GDP is the MEAsure of the economic size of a country during a particular period. This is the highest growth that India has seen since the country started reporting...
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