-Frontline.in A Parliamentary Standing Committee pulls up the Rural Development Ministry in its report on a “critical evaluation” of the MGNREGA and calls for more investment in the scheme. A Parliamentary Standing Committee report of the Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, tabled in February, strongly recommends enhancing the budget for implementation of work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, higher wage rates, and increasing the number...
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Shock-proofing the economy: Quality jobs the best possible safety net -TN Ninan
-Business Standard Since jobs will remain scarce for the foreseeable future, an unemployment allowance should be the next big social-security initiative, writes T N Ninan Crises in the Indian economy used to be the “normal”. In the 12 years from 1962 to 1974, India fought three wars, suffered four droughts that produced famine in places like Bihar, and lived through the first oil shock, which saw a quadrupling of crude oil prices. The...
More »Bihar: 5 more die in dry state, plan to ease penal provisions -Dev Raj
-The Telegraph The government had on Tuesday assured the apex court that it would amend an Act, which the Opposition and critics have often assailed as disproportionately harsh Patna: At least five persons lost their lives after allegedly consuming hooch in Siwan and West Champaran districts of Bihar over the past 24 hours, at a time the state government is gearing up to ease prohibition penal provisions after being chided by the...
More »Trouble for Nitish? Number of jobless youth continues to rise in Bihar -Ramashankar
-The New Indian Express A total of 2.67 lakh unemployed youth from the state have got themselves registered with the national career service portal in the last 10 months. PATNA: The list of job seekers in Bihar is getting longer day by day. A total of 2.67 lakh unemployed youth from the state have got themselves registered with the national career service portal in the last 10 months. The number of registered jobless youth...
More »Want mother’s name on documents? Get ready for the runaround -Soma Basu and Jagriti Chandra
-The Hindu It was a long struggle for Suvam to get his ID cards printed with only his mother’s name The PAN allotment process is perhaps not as cumbersome as it used to be. But for Suvam Sinha, it took seven years to get his PAN card and other documents — the way he wished them. That is, without his father’s name on them. On February 11, the 23-year-old celebrated his victory with...
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