-Down to Earth NFHS counts only certain women, who belong to specific demographic categories. There is a bias in it, say experts There are 1,020 women per 1,000 men in India according to the recently released Fifth Edition of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5). Such a sex ratio has not been recorded in any of the previous four editions of the NFHS. But demography experts say it is not the time...
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'Crucial Lifeline': 80 Academics Ask Modi to Increase Funds for MGNREGA
-TheWire.in "Lack of funds results in suppression of demand for work and delayed payment of wages to workers. These are violations of the Act; they also constrain economic recovery." New Delhi: A group of 80 economists and other academics has written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to immediately release adequate funds for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. As employment and wage levels struggle to...
More »Managing greywater: A Haryana village shows the way -Ravi Kumar
-Down to Earth Pond-based greywater treatment systems in Kurak Jagir village in Karnal district, Haryana, absorb greywater More than 70 per cent of freshwater across rural households in India gets converted to greywater. With the Union water ministry’s Jal Jeevan Mission providing tap water connection to every rural household at the rate of 55 litres per capita per day, the problem is set to intensify. Greywater refers to wastewater from non-toilet systems, that...
More »NREGA Sangharsh Morcha demands payment of pending wages and further fund allocations for MGNREGA
-Press statement by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha dated 17th November, 2021 The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has provided a cushion to millions of rural households amidst great economic distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. A substantial portion of the household expenditure in rural areas has been met through the NREGA wages and the nation has witnessed a significant rise in the demand for work under the programme since the...
More »School enrolment fell during pandemic: Annual Status of Education Report -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Yawning gap between States in access to online education, says the study. The percentage of rural children who were not enrolled in school doubled during the pandemic, with Government schools seeing an increase in enrolment at the expense of private schools, according to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2021. Over a third of children enrolled in Classes 1 and 2 have never attended school in person. However, enrolment does...
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