-PTI The Uttar Pradesh government has spent 900 per cent above the budget allocated for building school toilets under Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, with nearly 60 per cent of the total Rs 32.25 crore going to just one district. Under the central government scheme, Rs 24,000 per unit was allocated for constructing 1,538 toilets during the five year period from 2007-08 to 2011-12, which comes to Rs 3.69 crore. However, an RTI...
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Fear keeps young dalit women away from Haryana village -Kim Arora
-The Times of India PABNAWA (HARYANA): It has been over 48 hours since the attack took place. But fear still stalks the dalits of Pabnawa village in Haryana's Kaithal district. The young women from the community have been moved out en masse by their families fearing sexual assault by upper-caste goons. Some were picked up by relatives from nearby villages after desperate SOS calls; others were escorted to safety by their...
More »Govt blocks EC move to make party funding transparent-Maneesh Chhibber
-The Indian Express In the seven years between 2004 and 2011, the Congress received over Rs 2,004 crore from donors; the BJP got about Rs 994 crore. Smaller and regional parties too got significant sums. These amounts were declared by parties; however, the source of over 85 per cent of donations is not known. The parties say donors gave sums less than Rs 20,000, and need not be made public. The Election Commission's...
More »Parliamentary panel raps rural healthcare plan -Anand Kumar
-New Indian Express A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare has come down heavily on Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s ambitious plan to plug the huge shortfall in the rural healthcare sector with science graduates. Expressing surprise at the minister’s proposal, the panel headed by BSP MP Brijesh Pathak said, “Instead of providing doctors in villages, the Centre is coming up with a scheme to get...
More »Highest number of atrocities against dalits in UP: Punia-Bahadurjit Singh
-PunjabNewsline.com BUNGA SAHIB (Ropar): Uttar Pradesh have the highest number of cases relating to atrocities against dalits in the country, said National Scheduled Castes Commission chairman PL Punia while talking to media persons at village Bunga Sahib about 20 kilometres from Ropar today. Punia was at Bunga Sahib to unveil the statute of&nBSP; BSP founder Kanshi Ram on his birth anniversary today. He said that&nBSP; Uttar Pradesh had a large population and feudal...
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