-The Hindustan Times The women's reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha in 2010 but has not yet been passed in the Lok Sabha. No other legislation in our democratic history has been discussed for so many years (15 years) without being passed or rejected. Such a delay has happened even though major parties support the Bill and there are 1.2-1.5 million women who hold elected office at the local level...
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Bonded to brick-kilns, migrants from Odisha may forfeit vote -Satyasundar Barik
-The Hindu Loans from labour agents will keep them away till mid-June BHUBANESWAR: Tied to brick-kilns in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka because of a ‘debt-bondage,' more than three lakh migrant workers from the western districts of Odisha will miss out on voting in the Lok Sabha polls. Odisha is going to the polls in two phases, on April 10 and 17. However, most migrant workers from these districts must have to...
More »Cheap medicine myth busted -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The rules for price caps on 348 medicines imposed by the central government last year provide drug companies "escape routes" and promise little relief to consumers, a report released today has warned. The report from the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), an academic institution, has also cautioned that the Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) rules will encourage the growth of irrational combinations of drugs that remain outside...
More »No benefits for beneficiaries-Anumeha Yadav
-The Hindu Nearly three years after the government began experimenting with Aadhaar-based payments in Jharkhand, it has not been able to start disbursing payments to beneficiaries at their doorstep Jharkhand was one of five pilot States chosen for an Aadhaar-enabled payment system (AEPS). Beginning with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) payments in select blocks in four districts in 2012, AEPS added pension and scholarship schemes and the Janani Suraksha...
More »Why women aren’t taking up farm jobs -Pramit Bhattacharya
-Live Mint Mint examines why millions of women are missing from farms, factories, colleges, and offices in India, which has one of the lowest ratios of working women in the world Mumbai: Every monsoon, minivans ferrying women labourers can be seen making their way from the small sleepy town of Wardha to Waifad village, 18 kilometres away. Urban workers from Wardha have come to occupy an integral part of Waifad's farm...
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