-The Times of India NELLORE: At least five Dalits were grievously injured at Ramapuram village of Tada manDal in the district when they were chased and attacked by upper caste landlords following a dispute over the festival of the village goddess on Monday. In the mayhem that lasted for two hours, the landlords smashed the valuables of the panic-stricken Dalits after forcing them to flee their homes. The tension spread to four...
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Change in welfare plan funding pattern
-The Times of India The Centre will stop direct transfer of funds to districts or societies operating in states, and will instead provide the money to the state exchequer, having concluded that the existing system was the reason for multi-crore scams like the one in the National Rural Health Mission. The new system to put funds in the consolidated fund of states is apparently aimed at putting central funds under the scanner...
More »Why Orissa mining may not go the Goa way -Meera Mohanty
-The Economic Times Three weeks ago, when the Supreme Court reopened the iron-ore mining door some more in Karnataka, miners in Orissa breathed a Rs 50,000 crore sigh of relief. Also in the dock for some offences of a similar nature, Orissa's iron-ore miners, who produce a third of this mineral that is critical to steel, had been dreading their fate, which lay in the hands of a Central government panel. The...
More »Parties satisfied with EVM with paper trail -J Balaji
-The Hindu The representatives of the recognised national and State-level political parties on Friday expressed satisfaction over the functioning of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), developed by the Election Commission (EC) and made some suggestions for further improvement. The Commission said "the suggestions will be considered by the Expert Committee and the EC." Informed sources said the improved VVPAT could possibly be used for field...
More »30% Dalits in UP 'tech literate'-Amita Verma
-The Asian Age A silent revolution is taking place in the backwaters of Uttar Pradesh as more and more Dalits are turning computer savvy. UP has a four-crore Dalit population and nearly 30 per cent of this is already computer literate. According to the findings of a survey on computer literacy in the state, all computer-savvy Dalits may not be owners of a desktop, laptop or tablet, but they know how to...
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