-The Indian Express Goa, with just 6.3% of its population under the poverty line, tops the list: Panel. Nearly half of Chhattisgarh's population has been estimated to be below the poverty line, according to the new definition of poverty. In contrast, Goa, with just 6.3 per cent of its residents under the poverty line, tops the list of states with the lowest poverty count. The findings are a part of the new poverty estimates...
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Parting gift: wage hike and road relief -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The UPA has hiked wages for national job scheme workers by 4-18 per cent in what appears to be a "parting gift" before the elections, but failed to match "arbitrary" revisions in minimum wages for agricultural labourers in 12 states, including Bengal. According to the new wage rates under the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act, an MGNREGA labourer in Haryana will get Rs 236 a day, the...
More »Over 2 Cr Cases Pending in Lower Courts, 3,272 Posts Vacant
-Outlook Over two crore cases are pending in subordinate courts in the country which also face a shortage of over 3,000 judicial personnel, a Parliamentary Committee has observed. It termed the high rate of pending cases in subordinate courts in the country a "serious matter". "The Department of Justice (in the Law Ministry) informed that as on March 31 (last year) 2,68,51,766 cases were pending in subordinate courts. "Some of the major reasons for...
More »UIDAI likely to start enrolment in more states
-PTI At present, UIDAI has issued 56 crore Aadhaar cards to residents against the mandated 60 crore so far The government is likely to allow on Thursday the Unique identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to start enrolments in areas other than the 18 states and Union Territories allocated to it for the purpose. According to an official source, the Cabinet Committee on UIDAI will discuss the proposal of the Planning Commission to allow...
More »Disabled people clear UPSC, but wait for service allocation -Rema Nagarajan
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Several persons with disabilities (PWDs) who crack one of the toughest exams in the country and get selected for the civil services are routinely rejected with the government claiming there is no suitable service for them. They are good enough to overcome their disability and get selected for the civil services after clearing two levels of exams and the interview, but the Department of Personnel and...
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