--TheLeaflet.in THE West Agartala police station sent a notice under Section 41 of the CrPC, informing advocate Mukesh, a lawyer based in Delhi, of the case registered against him u/s 13 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967 (UAPA). A similar UAPA notice has been sent to advocate Ansar Indori of the National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (NCHRO). Both lawyers were part of a recent fact-finding team to Tripura. The...
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As schools re-open, address language & mathematics competences at different grades, adopting a socio-emotional development approach, suggests NCEE
-Press release by National Coalition on the Education Emergency dated 2nd November, 2021 * India’s 250 million children returning to school after 18 months of school closures and devastating learning loss * The NCEE warns that re-opening schools cannot be “return to school” as normal, and lack of a comprehensive approach will deepen the existing education inequality * Education recovery efforts require a multi-year, radically new approach, NCEE says NEW DELHI: The overwhelming majority...
More »Why counting caste matters -Kalaiyarasan A and Trina Vithayathil
-The Hindu Caste data will help us understand the contours of inequality and craft reasoned and inclusive policies The debate about whether the decennial Census should collect data on caste from individuals who fall into the administrative categories of ‘General’ and ‘Other Backward Classes’ (OBCs) has been argued by public intellectuals, politicians, and government administrators for decades. As the Census currently only collects data on ‘Scheduled Castes’ (SCs) and ‘Scheduled Tribes’ (STs),...
More »Almost 90% of total allocated funds for MGNREGA in 2021-22 have been utilised, shows tracker prepared by PAEG
-MGNREGA National Tracker (1 April-30 September 2021) by Peoples' Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG), released on 29th October 2021 Highlights of the Tracker: • The total budget allocation for NREGA is 34 percent less than the revised budget for the previous year. • Remaining Funds Can Cover At Most 13 Days of Employment per Household till March 31, 2022. • Pending liabilities from previous years amount to 17,180 crores, 23.53 percent of the total...
More »Hungry Nation: Govt Outrage About Global Ranking Cannot Hide Distress In Indian Homes -Kavitha Iyer
-Article-14.com The government has rubbished the 2021 Global Hunger Index report saying it does not reflect reality. But the reality is worse because it reflects India’s own pre-Covid data. Current estimates of foodgrain to various welfare programmes reveal serious under-nutrition and wide gaps in safety nets for poor. Mumbai: Jolted by the overnight choking of all sources of income for her household with the imposition of a nationwide lockdown on 23 March...
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