-Press release by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha dated 1st October, 2021 On 1st October 2021, civil society organisation 'NREGA Sansgharsh Morcha' sent a letter to the Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj putting together the recommendations related to social audits in MGNREGA. In its letter, it has mentioned that the Social Audit Units (SAUs) in various states do not have sufficient staff and have not been allocated adequate funds, among others....
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All that ails pulses in India - Vivek Mishra, Shagun Kapil and Raju Sajwan
-Down to Earth The past three decades have seen stagnation in acreage, production and productivity of pulses across the country due to a bevy of reasons that INClude availability of more profitable crops The primary reason behind India’s domestic shortage in pulses is stagnation of production over the past five decades. Overcoming the Pulses Crisis, a 2010 report by the Confederation of Indian Industry, states the production of pulses grew only by...
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-The Hindu The Government’s claim that the PM CARES Fund is not a public authority is unacceptable It may not be an exaggeration to say that when it comes to seeking answers and information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is consistent in putting up a screen. The manner in which the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund was set...
More »"Cases Take Years": UP Officials Allegedly Try To Deter Killed Man's Family -Alok Pandey
-NDTV.com Six cops were suspended on Tuesday night and a murder case has been filed against four of them earlier after nationwide outrage over the INCident. Lucknow: A widely shared video on social media shows top officials in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur allegedly trying to dissuade the family of businessman Manish Gupta, who died during a late-night police raid at a city hotel on Monday, from filing a police case in the matter. Six...
More »Number Theory: Understanding the business of farming in India -Abhishek Jha and Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times Supporters of the three farm laws have been arguing that the new regime will help farmers receive better prices by selling products in the open market rather than the APMCs. SAS data does not support such a claim That Indian agriculture has been distress-ridden is an accepted fact in post-reform India. However, this is often discussed more in terms of farmers’ suicides, especially during the last decade, or abysmally low...
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