-TheWire.in After Modi's decision to extend additional allocation of food grains under PMGKY until November, there are now three scenarios that can play out. On June 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the country, announced that the additional allocation of food grains under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKY) will be made available till November. This means that from April to November 2020, 71.17 crore people – classified...
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NREGA Sangharsh Morcha appeals for immediate notification of additional 50 days over and above the 100 days in NREGA, across the country, in view of the national disaster caused by coronavirus pandemic
-Press release by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha, dated 13th July, 2020 NREGA Sangharsh Morcha -- a civil society organisation comprising concerned citizens, academics and grassroots social workers -- has written to the Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development to appeal for notifying additional 50 days of work under MGNREGA (over and above 100 days) across the nation, considering the current situation as a national disaster. Section 4.2.3 of the NREGA Master Circular 2019-20 enables...
More »Construction workers Protest to Highlight Plight During Lockdown -Ronak Chhabra
-Newsclick.in Even the lifting of the lockdown hasn’t brought much solace to the workers who say that job opportunities in the market are next to none, while their already depressed wages are witnessing further cuts. Construction workers staged demonstrations across the country on Monday, highlighting their plight amid the COVID-19 pandemic with the lack of savings and absence of any social security measures. Led by Construction workers’ Federation of India (CWFI), the workers,...
More »Through rain and floods, Assam’s community workers battle pandemic -Tora Agarwala
-The Indian Express Floods might be as old as Assam, but fighting a pandemic in these swirling waters is a whole new challenge for even the most seasoned health worker. GUWAHATI: It is the wind that has helped Pratima Barman plan her day as an accredited social health activist (ASHA) in Assam’s Dibrugarh district for seven years now. In the sapori (island) village where Barman lives, a strong gusty wind, coupled with...
More »Shutdown of schools hits dairy and poultry farmers: Loss of mid-day meal market for milk and eggs -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express An example is the Karnataka government’s Ksheera Bhagya scheme, which offers free milk over and above the MDM food entitlement. The shutting down of schools due to Covid-19 is affecting not only children, now unable to access cooked nutritional food under the Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme, but also farmers for whom it provided an assured market. An example is the Karnataka government’s Ksheera Bhagya scheme, which offers free milk...
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