-Down to Earth A significant number of beneficiaries of the scheme are women and from backward community. Balod, Dhamtari, Durg, Raipur and Rajnadgaon districts have taken the lead in implementation The new Godhan Nyay scheme by the Chhattisgarh government — advertised as revolutionary — was launched July 2020 in the backdrop of the state’s flagship ‘Naruva-Garuva-Ghuruva-Badi’ programme. Naruva means a seasonal or perennial stream, garuva means animal husbandry, ghuruva means composting and badi...
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‘Lockdown takes toll on 18.9 mn salaried jobs, informal sector shows silver lining’
-The Indian Express The plight of salaried employees has worsened since the lockdown, with a loss of 17.7 million salaried jobs in April, additional 0.1 million jobs in May, followed by gain of 3.9 million jobs in June and then again loss of 5 million jobs in July, it said. New Delhi: Salaried jobs suffered the biggest hit during the lockdown, with total loss estimated to be at 18.9 million during April-July,...
More »PM CARES Fund collected over ₹3,000 crore in 2019-20 -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu During the SAMe period, an amount of ₹39.68 lakh was collected in foreign currency, according to information now available on the Fund’s website The PM CARES Fund collected more than ₹3,076 crore in the first five days after it was set up, according to information now available on the Fund’s website. “During 2019-20, an amount of ₹3,076.62 crore was collected under PM CARES Fund,” says the response to a query on...
More »Stories of distress from small borrowers -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com * Across India, women borrowers are finding it tough to repay small loans. The next few months will be critical * Unless there is a sharp recovery, MFIs and banks (with micro-loan portfolios) will have to restructure or write off loans though the situation will not be clear until November NEW DELHI: Sarama Koyal does not have a roof over her head. After the Amphan super cyclone ravaged her home in South...
More »Infant deaths decline 4.6% in Haryana
-The Hindu Total drops from 1,264 in April-June 2019 to 1,208 over SAMe period this year Chandigarh: The Haryana National Health Mission clarified on Monday that 1,208 infants deaths were reported in the State between April and June this year as against 1,264 such deaths during the corresponding period in 2019. Until 2019, an offline, manual reporting system was in use for compilation of births and deaths. Only limited information was collected in...
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