-Outlook New Delhi: Over 8,000 children are working in garment factories in different parts of the national capital, an NGO report has revealed. The report, titled 'The Hidden Workforce', by NGO Save the Children, was today released by Delhi Minister for Women and Child Development Sandeep Kumar. According to the report, over 8,000 children are engaged in the booming garment industry and up to 70 per cent of them could be girls. The highest...
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Drought factor forces NDA government to rethink on MGNREGA -Ruhi Tewari
-The Indian Express The average days of employment provided per household, too, fell to 40.01 from 45.97 in 2013-14 and 46.20 in 2012-13. From Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public barbs against its being a “living proof” of 60 years of Congress misrule, to a proposal now for extending the annual work entitlement to 150 days in drought-affected areas, the BJP-led government’s disposition towards the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MGNREGA)...
More »Centre increases number of work days under MGNREGA -Ruhi Tewari
-The Indian Express The central government will increase the number of workdays under the rural job guarantee scheme from 100 to 150 in drought-affected areas, said sources. The NDA government is all set to increase the number of workdays under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) — a flagship scheme of the UPA government it had openly criticised earlier — in areas which may be affected by the...
More »‘Delhi most uncaring for the old among metros’ -Durgesh Nandan Jha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Parents spend their lifetime caring for children, but how are they cared for on getting old? A multi-city survey on perception of the youth about elderly abuse and care reveals that while 73% of working adults accept the problem few are willing to act. Delhi fares the worst with 92% youth not willing to act followed by Chennai (64%), Hyderabad (45%), Ahmedabad (41%), Bengaluru (37%) and...
More »More housewives committing suicide, NCRB records show -TCA Sharad Raghavan
-The Hindu ‘They juggle multiple tasks and are often unable to vent their frustration’ Fifteen people commit suicide every hour in India, shows the most recent data by the National Crime Records Bureau. Of these, around 17 per cent are housewives. In contrast, suicide by farmers makes up only 3 per cent of all suicides. The NCRB divides the total suicides into 10 professional categories — housewife, service (government), service (private), public sector...
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