-The Hindu Says healthcare is denied due to stigma New Delhi: Justice Indu Malhotra, the lone woman judge on the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court hearing the fight against Section 377 of the IPC, made a strong case against criminalisation of homosexuality. Justice Malhotra, the junior-most member of the Bench of five led by Chief Justice Dipak MISra, said homosexuality is only a variation and not an aberration. But the prejudice and stigma...
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Hollowing out a proMISe -Jean Dreze
-The Indian Express NREGA is a demand-driven programme and if the demand vanishes because wages are low and uncertain, nothing will be able to save it. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is going through a deep crisis of delayed and failed wage payments. The problem is not new, but it is more serious than ever and threatens to undermine the entire programme. The crisis has at least four manifestations: Delayed payments,...
More »'MISsion Buniyaad' a hit, claims AAP government report
-DNA The Delhi government released an outcome report of its ambitious 'MISsion Buniyaad Scheme' claiming that the learning ability of government school students has improved significantly over the past years, with 63 per cent of children in classes 3 to 9 is now able to read their textbooks. According to the National Achievement Survey 2017 published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), only 48 per cent Delhi government...
More »New MSP: Govt fails to meet Swaminathan standards, yet again -Banjot Kaur
-Down to Earth While the Modi cabinet claims that land rent is included, calculations suggest otherwise The Narendra Modi cabinet made a big ticket announcement of increasing the minimum support price (MSP) of 14 kharif crops on Wednesday (July 4). Farmer agitations all across the country in the past few months have been focused on demanding that MSP be increased so it is at par with 1.5 times the cost of...
More »Fact Check: Has the BJP Really Fulfilled Its MSP ProMISe as It Claims? -Kabir Agarwal
-TheWire.in While the government has claimed that it has fulfilled its proMISe of MSP at cost plus 50%, the claim is MISleading. The MSPs fall short of offering returns at 50% over comprehensive cost of production, as the BJP had proMISed prior to 2014. New Delhi: On July 4, the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre announced the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for the 2018-19 kharif season. In a tweet, Narendra Modi...
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