According to the document entitled Green Paper on Farmers, Farming & Rural Economy 2018: 4 Years - 4 Budgets: What Has This Central Government Delivered?, which has been prepared by Jai Kishan Andolan, Swaraj India, ASHA and Rythu Swarajya Vedika (published on 30 January, 2018): Far from giving farmers and farming ‘the highest priority’ during a period when they most needed the governmental support, the present NDA government has tried to...
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Pranab Bardhan, professor of graduate school in the department of economics at the University of California (Berkeley), interviewed by Devadeep Purohit (The Telegraph)
-The Telegraph The Left in Bengal had often criticised him whenever he red-flagged excessive local tyranny, and spoke about the industrial decline in Bengal. The incumbent ruling party may make tall claims about changes in Bengal since the Trinamul government came to power but he has been candid enough to suggest that he hasn't seen much change either in industrial expansion or in investment in infrastructure. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has...
More »NFHS Report Indicates Malnourishment Higher Among Dalit, Adivasi Children
-Newsclick.in NFHS–4 Survey revealed little improvement in key health indicators in the last ten years. Adivasis and Dalits are the social categories who are most deprived of basic health facilities among others, reveals the latest NFHS – 4 survey . The children belonging to SC, ST castes are suffering from under nutrition, indicating that these are the people at the bottom end of receiving development and welfare policies being implemented in the...
More »Attacks and Resistance Remain the Order of the Day for Dalits This Year - P Ambedkar
-Newsclick.in Whenever Dalits asserted themselves, there were severe backlashes. Budget allocations were reduced, important policies meant for upliftment of SCs and STs were scrapped, and discrimination continued. As the years pass under the current regime, life for Dalits gets more difficult. The biggest setback this year for Dalits and Adivasis was the scrapping of the Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) in the Union Budget 2017. These...
More »Adivasis from BJP-ruled Jharkhand Urge President To Stop Eviction of 3 Lakh People
-Caravandaily.com The tribal representation appealed to President of India to use his authority as guardian of the constitution to prevent this planned mass evictions as the projects are ill conceived and constitute a form of land grab. NEW DELHI: As about three lakh people from tribal communities in Jharkhand are facing eviction from their homes due to some projects, their representative group met President of India Ram Nath Kovind here on Friday...
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