-Hindustan Times India Inc. has utilised the highest share of its mandated Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund in the education sector, followed by health and rural development between FY16-17 and FY20-21, according to data available with the Union ministry of corporate affairs. During these five financial years, the education sector received ₹29,918 crore in CSR funds. The health sector received ₹2,0716 crore, and rural development and related schemes got ₹9,820 crore, the...
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Tamil Nadu information commission worst performing in RTI responsiveness, says study -Sreeparna Chakrabarty
-The Hindu While the State Information Commission of T.N. furnished only 14% of the information sought, Maharashtra’s SIC was second-worst, sharing 23% of the information The State Information Commission of Tamil Nadu has been the worst performing as far as responsiveness under the RTI Act is concerned, furnishing only 14% of the information sought. Maharashtra was second-worst, sharing 23% of the information asked for, according to a report card on the performance...
More »Withdrawing PMGKAY a regressive step, cuts the foodgrain entitlement by half: Right to Food Campaign
-The Hindu On December 23, 2022, the Union government announced that it would discontinue the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) from January 1, 2023.&NBSp; Withdrawing the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), under which an extra 5 kg of free foodgrains was provided to every ration card holder in addition to the entitlement under the National Food Security Act, is a regressive step and will force poor families to...
More »Restore ration entitlements axed by PMGKAY withdrawal: Right to Food campaign
- Press release by Right to Food campaign dated 30 December, 2022 The Right to Food campaign has demanded that the government should restore the grain entitlements granted under the&NBSp;Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).&NBSp;On 23&NBSp;December, 2022&NBSp;the Union government announced that it would discontinue the PMGKAY from 1 January, 2023, thus halving the ration entitlements of eligible people.&NBSp; Under the National Food Security Act, 2013, (NFSA), all priority category ration cardholders...
More »Laboured wages: On MGNREGS payments to States
-The Hindu Any delay in funds to be paid to States for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme payments is unethical A testy exchange in the Rajya Sabha between the Minister of State for Rural Development, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, and the Trinamool Congress MP, Jawhar Sircar, on the withholding of funds for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in West Bengal laid bare a key implementation issue —...
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