Recent media reports point out that the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh is likely to get about Rs. 6,300 crore projects ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, including a Rs. 400 crore worth plant for the propulsion system of anti-tank guided missiles in Jhansi. The foundation was laid for the first project in the Jhansi node (related to the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor) on November 18, 2021. The two...
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Witch hunting: 83% of Odisha's cases in six districts, says report -Priya Ranjan Sahu
-Down to Earth Most of the victims were targeted for “causing health issues or crop failure” Witch-hunts are still highly prevalent in 12 of Odisha’s 30 districts — especially Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Malkangiri, Gajapati and Ganjam — a new report has claimed. Most victims of such superstitious practices were targeted for “causing health issues or crop failure”. Around 27 per cent cases were triggered by health issues in children, 43.5 per cent by...
More »Yogi Adityanath invokes ESMA, bans strikes in UP for 6 months: Report - Amit Chaturvedi
-Hindustan Times The decision has been taken in view of the prevailing Covid-19 situation. A notification was issued by additional chief secretary Dr Devesh Kumar Chaturvedi on Sunday, Livehindustan reported. The Yogi Adityanath government has banned strikes across the states for six months. A notification was issued by additional chief secretary Dr Devesh Kumar Chaturvedi on Sunday, Hindustan Times’ sister publication Livehindustan reported. It states that the strike is being banned in any...
More »As Uttar Pradesh Heads to Polls, How Does the Yogi Govt's Economic Performance Hold Up? -Santosh Mehrotra
-TheWire.in Employment trends are dismal under the 'double engine government' of Modi and Adityanath. Several claims made in ads do not appear to hold up. Uttar Pradesh’s per capita income was barely half (Rs 41,023) of India’s average (Rs 86,659) in 2019-20. The per capita income of UP (at 2011-12 prices) is ranked 32 out of 36 states and Union Territories. That the state’s economy has been one of the poorly performing...
More »ICDS Supervisors in UP Demand Pay Parity With Same-Grade Staff of Other Departments -Abdul Alim Jafri
-Newsclick.in Scores of Mukhya Sevikas are protesting in Lucknow against low salaries and delayed promotions. Lucknow: Scores of Mukhya Sevikas (supervisors) employed under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) across Uttar Pradesh (UP) are protesting against the Centre and the state government in Lucknow since Monday for not fulfilling their long-pending demands of pay parity with the staff of other departments like the Secretariat and the delay in promotions. Holding placards that read,...
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