Recent media reports point out that the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh is likely to get about Rs. 6,300 crore projects ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, including a Rs. 400 crore worth plant for the propulsion system of anti-tank guided missiles in Jhansi. The foundation was laid for the first project in the Jhansi node (related to the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor) on November 18, 2021. The two...
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Supreme Court to examine NGO’s plea on MGNREGA dues -R Balaji
-The Telegraph Shortage of funds that was being cited was a gross violation of the law: Swaraj Abhiyan The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine an NGO’s plea that crores of workers were in a crisis as funds-starved states had run up wage dues of Rs 9,682 crore under the Centre’s flagship 100-day job scheme MGNREGA that has witnessed an increase in beneficiaries because of the pandemic. A bench of Chief Justice...
More »Good news from Banswara for malnourished children -Mohammed Iqbal
-The Hindu The sustained campaign helps 43% reach the ‘normal’ mark Following the adoption of a bottom-up approach to strengthening child protection systems, 43% of malnourished children in one of the 11 blocks in tribal-dominated Banswara district in southern Rajasthan have hit the normal mark. The initiative has sought to protect the most vulnerable ones among the undernourished children and safeguarded them against a possible third wave of the pandemic. The drive for...
More »Rajasthan: Jai Kisan Andolan writes to CM Ashok Gehlot seeking bajra procurement at MSP -Mohit Sharma
-IndiaToday.in Swaraj Abhiyan's Jai Kisan Andolan in a letter to Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot sought the procurement of bajra in the state at the MSP of Rs 2,250. Jai Kisan Andolan, a part of the Swaraj Abhiyan outfit, has written to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot seeking procurement of bajra at the MSP (minimum support price) of Rs 2,250. In the letter, National President of Jai Kisan Andolan Yogendra Yadav and the national...
More »Better nutrition for Banswara children -Mohammed Iqbal
-The Hindu Poshan Swaraj Abhiyan initiative covers 750 tribal-dominated Rajasthan villages. Jaipur: Children and adolescents in 750 villages of the tribal-dominated Banswara district in Rajasthan have started receiving nutritious food as part of the Poshan Swaraj Abhiyan to strengthen their health status ahead of an impending third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The campaign seeks to protect the most vulnerable among undernourished children. Banswara-based Vaagdhara, which works on tribal livelihood issues, has taken...
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