-Business Standard/ India Spend The index ranks States in terms of women holding land rights in percentage points Look hard. Do you see any woman among the protesting farmers? The reason is simple — Women hardly own agricultural land. Lakshadweep and Meghalaya are the best among all the 35 States and Union Territories at providing land rights to women; Punjab and West Bengal are the worst, according to an index created by the...
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IMR improves in India, but malnutrition remains worrying, shows NFHS-5 -Neetu Chandra Sharma
-Livemint.com * The neonatal mortality rate (NMR) slipped in 15 States and UTs in comparison to NFHS-4 (2015-16) * The survey also found considerable improvement in vaccination coverage among children age 12-23 months across all States/UTs The Under 5 and infant mortality rate (IMR) has come down in 18 States and union territories but in parallel 16 States recorded an increase in underweight and severely wasted under 5 children among 22 States that...
More »Number of underweight children in India increased in 7 of 10 major States since 2015-16: Survey
-Scroll.in The number of kids with stunted growth has also gone up in six of these States. The number of underweight children in India has increased in seven of 10 major States in the past four years, while the number of kids with stunted growth has gone up in six of these States, according to the National Family Health Survey for 2019-20. The survey, released on Saturday, was conducted by the Union Ministry...
More »Why Farm Laws Fall Afoul of the Constitution -M Sridhar Acharyulu
-Newsclick.in These laws denude federalism and attempt to turn a nation of farmers into an agricultural market led by big business. In 2018, the Aadhaar Act was passed as a money bill, which a dissenting judgement of the Supreme Court described as a “fraud on the Constitution”. A presidential notification amended Art. 370 of the Constitution by giving an anti-democratic interpretation to Art. 367. The Citizenship Amendment Act was brought in under...
More »Why do Farmers Fear a Threat to Their Lands? -Shinzani Jain
-Newsclick.in The agitating farmers have time and again voiced apprehensions about losing their land. Will the implementation of the Farm Laws enforce such a change? On December 8, more than 50 lakh people were estimated to have observed a countrywide Bharat Bandh at around 20,000 protest sites, in as many as 22 States in India. The farmers were joined in their agitation by mass organisations, trade bodies, sectoral federations, and about 24...
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