A leading Indian social worker has returned a prestigious government award in protest against corruption. Ramon Magsaysay award winner Sandeep Pandey was honoured for his raising awareness about the government's jobs-for-work scheme. One of the world's biggest social welfare schemes, it guarantees 100 days of work a year for every rural home. Mr Pandey returned the award in protest against "embezzlement" of funds meant for the poor in Uttar Pradesh state. In a statement,...
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Prime Minister and Sonia promise more MGNREGA reforms by K Balchand
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday promised to usher in more reforms in the scheme under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and increase the number of days of job guaranteed to Below the Poverty Line households. Speaking at a function here to mark the completion of the fifth year of the MGNREGA, Dr. Singh promised to reform the delivery mechanism...
More »Protesting Magsaysay Awardee Returns NREGA Award
In a mark of protest against the administrative "bias" over an attack on labourers last year, Magsaysay award winner and activist Sandeep Pandey today returned the Employment Awareness Award presented to him by Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Pandey said that he had returned the award to protest against attack on labourers by Ghanshyam, husband of a village head, in Era Kake village on January 14 last year. He alleged that the incident...
More »Police slap MCOCA on Ahmednagar Sand mafia by Amruta Byatnal
The 32-member gang has been involved in 15 cases Move to invoke Act comes after killing of Nashik Additional Collector The police have booked a 32-member Sand mafia from Nevasa taluk under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). This is the first time the Act has been invoked against a Sand mafia in the State, Ahmednagar Superintendent of Police Krishna Prakash told The Hindu. The mafia, led by the absconding Anna...
More »Posco: Orissa to begin land acquisition soon by Sandeep Mishra
Enthused by the Centre's nod to Korean steel giant Posco's mega-steel plant, the Orissa government on Monday said it would soon resume land acquisition at the project site. At the same time, given its past experience with a reluctant environment ministry, the government said it will adopt a wait-and-watch approach on issues like mining and renewal of memorandum of understanding. ''We welcome the decision and thank the Union government and...
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