-The Hindu CM M.K. Stalin, who made the announcement in the Assembly on Monday, also said cases registered by the previous government against those who protested against NEET and TASMAC shops, would be withdrawn Chennai: Seven hundred life convicts, who have been serving their term for long in PRIsons across the State, will be released on the occasion of the birth anniversary of late former Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai on September 15,...
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80% of Indian Children Learnt Lesser During the Pandemic: UNICEF Report -Ditsa Bhattacharya
-Newsclick.in UNICEF urged governments to PRIoritise the safe reopening of all schools, while also ensuring that children are able to pursue quality learning remotely if necessary. At least 80% of children in India between the age of 14-18 years reported lower levels of learning during the Covid-19 pandemic than when physically at school, according to a recent UNICEF report. The report pointed out that despite government, PRIvate and civil society actors coming together...
More »RBI proposal to loosen lending norms for PRIvate players a catastrophe in the making -Rana Mitra
-Frontline.thehindu.com The RBI’s proposal to loosen regulations for PRIvate lenders in the microfinance space will have disastrous consequences for the poor, especially women in rural areas. Microfinance, a category of financial services aimed at serving people from low-income households who lack access to conventional banking credit and services, was originally designed by international finance capital institutions such as the World Bank as an alternative to providing direct concessional credit to the poor—which...
More »Fear of food grain crisis due to open procurement; increasing MSP coverage the solution, say experts -Vivek Mishra
-Down to Earth Buffer stock of wheat and rice in Food Corporation of India godowns double the normal The Union government has procured and stored record amount of food grain since 2018. Yet, farmers have not been getting a fair PRIce for their crop. And a huge part of the country’s population is unable to access the food grains. Meanwhile, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and PRIces (CACP) has recommended the Union government...
More »Water PRIvatisation: Odisha govt 'deals with' Adani group as local people suffer -Bhabani Shankar Nayak
-Counterview.net The people of Kendrapada district of Odisha are fighting peacefully for last two years to save their river Kharasrota. This river is the lifeline of farmers, fishing communities and other communities living besides the river. The Kharasrota river is the source of life and livelihoods for the people of Odisha in general and people of Kendrapada and Jajpur in particular. The successive governments have failed to provide safe drinking water to...
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