-PTI/ The Hindu India has exported 1.8 million tonnes of wheat to a dozen-odd countries, including Bangladesh and Afghanistan, since the country banned exports of the grain on May 13, according to Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey. About 33,000 tonnes of wheat as humanitarian assistance has already been supplied to Afghanistan against the commitment of 50,000 tonne, he said. Mr. Pandey, addressing a ministerial conference on ‘uniting for global food security’ held at Berlin,...
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Centre job fund whip on Bengal -Pranesh Sarkar
-The Telegraph Delhi asks state to recover funds spent on 100 days’ job scheme projects where malpractice was ‘found’ by the monitoring team Calcutta: The Centre has asked the Bengal government to recover funds spent on 100 days’ job scheme projects where malpractice was “found” by a national-level monitoring team while making it clear that release of more money under the MGNREGA for 2022-23 financial year may depend on the state’s efforts...
More »Assam's Silchar still under water, CM says flood was 'man-made' -Sumir Karnakar
-Deccan Herald The death toll due to floods and landslides reached 121 with four deaths reported on Saturday. Of this, 21 deaths were in the Cachar district Guwahati: As most parts of south Assam city Silchar remained inundated even on the sixth day on Sunday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that the flood was "man-made." "The flood here this time is man-made. I have got information that the embankment which protects Silchar...
More »The advent of ‘app-solute’ chaos in NREGA -Chakradhar Buddha and Laavanya Tamang
-The Hindu The new National Mobile Monitoring Software application has problems that are clearly eroding the right to work In May 2021, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) launched the National Mobile Monitoring Software (NMMS) app, a new application meant for “improving citizen oversight and increasing transparency” in National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) works. It is to be deployed by NREGA Mates, local women at the panchayat level who are selected...
More »MGNREGA workers in West Bengal hit streets, demand payment of pending wages -Shiv Sahay Singh
-The Hindu Wages amounting to ₹2,800 crore are pending with the Centre Dipali Mahato was among the hundreds of workers who gathered in front of the District Magistrate’s office in Purulia on Friday, demanding wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). “I have not received wages amounting to ₹8,000. The last time I worked under a 100 days employment scheme was in January this year,” Dipali said. A mother...
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