-Newsclick.in Modi had promised the creation of 2 crore jobs every year during the 2014 election campaign. Two questions asked recently in Parliament elicited answers from the government that reveal the horrendous state of jobs and vacancies in the Central Government. One of the questions (#1803 answered on July 27) asked how many people applied for jobs in the Central Government and how many actually got permanent jobs. In reply, the minister...
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Bengal NREGA workers face food security crisis -Soumyadip Mullick
-The Statesman The Central Government needs to clear pending funds, worth Rs 2,600 crore, and as per the MGNREGA Act, pay compensation of 0.05 per cent on daily wages. With the alleged lack of jobs and wages for MGNREGA workers in three districts of West Bengal, the Paschim Banga Khet Mazdoor Samity (PBKMS), based on the report of a fact-finding committee, has warned that these workers are facing an acute food security...
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-Press release by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha dated 28 July 2022 Based on the findings NREGA Sangharsh Morcha put forth the following demands: 1. All the documents pertaining to correspondence between the Central Government and the State Government on MGNREGA since 2019, including the reports of central team visits and action taken, should be made public. 2. The Labour Budget for West Bengal for the FY 2022-23 has to be approved immediately by the...
More »Delhi HC seeks Centre’s response on statistical information on e-surveillance under RTI Act
-ANI/ThePrint.in The Delhi High court on Tuesday sought a response from authorities including the Central Government on a petition seeking disclosure of statistical information on state-sponsored electronic surveillance under the Right to Information Act. Justice Yashwant Varma directed the respondents to file a response on the merit of the petition moved by Apar Gupta within two weeks Now the matter has been listed for November 9, 2022 for further hearing. The petition has challenged...
More »No Census 2021 in 2022 either — govt ‘puts exercise on hold, timeframe not yet decided’ -Ananya Bhardwaj and Shubham Batra
-ThePrint.in Last census was conducted in 2011 & next one was due in 2021, but was delayed due to Covid. Census-related field activities 'postponed till further orders', govt tells Parliament. New Delhi: The census, which was to have been held last year but had to be postponed owing to the Covid pandemic, has been “put on hold” for this year too, sources in the Central Government told ThePrint Tuesday. What’s more, it...
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