-The Hindu Activists claim their colleague was brutally raped and murdered Women's groups staged angry protests on National Highway 28 in Muzaffarpur district after a Dalit woman activist was found dead at Mandai village. According to Rinku Devi of the Janwadi Mahila Samiti - a group that the victim was a member of - the woman was raped and murdered. "The activist was raped and murdered in a brutal fashion. According to the family,...
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A scheme for the poor, not a poor scheme-Neelakshi Mann and Varad Pande
-The Indian Express Of late, there has been much public debate around the effectiveness of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), particularly on its targeting of the poor and the socioeconomic profile of its beneficiaries (most notably in this newspaper). It is important to look at these claims closely, not as much to counter them but as to present the real picture that has been undermined by often-unsubstantiated...
More »Chavan urged to look into plight of MGNREGA workers
-PTI NAGPUR: A representative of MGNREGA workers has written a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, drawing his attention towards the plight of persons employed in Vidarbha under the Centre's flagship rural job programme. In the letter, advocate Vinod Tiwari, a leader of MGNREGA Workers Employment Rights Action Committee, has requested Chavan to look into the plight of workers and issue necessary instructions to officials concerned. The committee has alleged that they...
More »Bihar Police complicity in whistle-blower’s murder alleged-Rahi Gaikwad
-The Hindu SHO suspended for "negligence" on the basis of complainants' statements Patna: The family of whistle-blower Ram Thakur, an advocate who was shot dead in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Saturday, has alleged that the police was complicit in his murder. Based on the statements of the complainants, Shafir Alam, Station House Officer (SHO) of the Manihari police station, has been suspended for "negligence." The police have registered an FIR against six persons...
More »Government admits it has failed to meet RTE targets-Prashant K Nanda
-Live Mint HRD minister says government will push for the fulfilment of RTE's conditions even after deadline ends A week before the implementation deadline for its flagship Right to Education (RTE) Act expires, the government on Friday accepted that it had failed to achieve many of the targets of what it envisaged as a landmark measure. At least 13 states have written to the human resource development (HRD) ministry for an extension owing...
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