-The Tribune Hamirpur: The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) today alleged that the MGNREGA workers were being deprived of their legitimate wages and were fleeced by an undue assessment rule. Kashmir Singh Thakur, national secretary, CITU, said it was unfortunate that Government officials were partial in the registration of labour class, adding that over 10,000 applications were pending in the state labour office, while many people, who were not even eligible...
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80% students found remote learning burdensome, missed peers: survey -Jagriti Chandra
-The Hindu Nearly 34 lakh students of 1.18 lakh schools in 720 districts participated Nearly 80% students found learning at home during the pandemic "burdensome" and felt that they learnt better in school with help from peers, according to the Government's survey of more than one lakh schools across the country. The Ministry of Education on Wednesday released its National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report, which assesses the health of the school education...
More »SC Orders Police Against Abuse of Sex Workers, Media from Publishing Their Pictures
-TheWire.in The apex court issued these directions in exercise of power under Article 142 of the constitution since the Union Government is yet to come up with legislation on this matter. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed that the police should treat sex workers with dignity and should not abuse them, acknowledging that the basic protection of human decency and dignity extends to them. It further directed that the media should...
More »India’s Coming Misadventure With Rice Fortification in All Food Schemes -Kavitha Kuruganti
-TheWire.in The Union Government, cut off from the realities of the vast diversity of health and poverty conditions of the country, appears to have bitten the bait of corporate lobbies. Madhu Soren (12) and Bokai Soren (7) are two brothers with thalassemia in a village in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district. Thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder in which the body has lower than normal amounts of haemoglobin, an oxygen-carrying protein. When there is...
More »Govt wheat procurement down by 53% to 182 lakh tonnes in 2022-23
-PTI/BusinessToday.in The wheat procurement target has been revised downward to 195 lakh tonnes for the current year from the earlier 444 lakh tonnes due to a fall in wheat output and increased exports. The Government's wheat procurement fell by 53 per cent to 182 lakh tonnes so far in the current 2022-23 marketing year compared to the year-ago period on aggressive buying by private players for export purposes, according to official sources. The...
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