It was a Rashomon moment for the readers of the First Common Review Mission report when they heard activists complaining about the pension system of rajasthan during a recent press conference held in the capital. The First Common Review Mission (CRM) report, which was prepared during the month of May this year by a team of 32 experts had observed that pension related payments under the National Social Assistance Programmes (NSAP)...

-PTI New Delhi: There was no let up in flood misery in Madhya Pradesh and Assam with the number of deaths climbing to 17 today while heavy rains lashed parts of rajasthan as the Northern Limit of Monsoon crossed Jodhpur. While monsoon continued to be active over Maharashtra, Goa, Telangana, north interior Karnataka and Kerala, rains eluded the national capital where it was a sultry day with maximum temperature settling at 36.7...

-The Indian Express Names of the eight were struck off the list, along with nearly 10 lakh pensioners from across rajasthan. DAYS AFTER a group of people from rajasthan staged a demonstration in Delhi, in an effort to prove that they are “alive” and urge the rajasthan government to restore their pension, the monthly pension of at least eight people in one village was reinstated, with arrears, on Tuesday. Names of the eight...

-The Hindu Business Line Acreage under cotton, oilseed cultivation still low but likely to improve New Delhi: With surplus rain recorded between June 30 and July 6, sowing of rice and pulses picked up pace with the total acreage under the two crops, since the beginning of June, exceeding last year’s levels for the same period. The sharp decline in acreage under cotton and oilseeds, however, resulted in lower acreage under all kharif...

-The Hindu Rights groups demand reopening of about 7.5 lakh pension accounts closed in rajasthan Jaipur: After the rajasthan government’s acceptance of wrong classification of living persons as “dead” and restoration of their social security pensions, civil rights groups here have demanded reopening of about 7.5 lakh pension accounts closed earlier and re-verification of about 10 lakh pensioners in the State. The physical verification by activists of the Right to Information Campaign and...