-The Tribune Patiala: Members of the Sarpanch (Panchayat) Union of Punjab took out a protest march against pending MGNREGA payments and development works in rural areas, in Patiala on Monday. Amid rain, over 1,000 sarpanches, panches and their supporters gathered atthe PUDA ground and marched towards the CM’s residence in the noon. The protesters said their demands weren’t heard by the ministers. Ravinder Singh Rinku (Gurney), state vice-president of the union, said,...
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Govt survey portrays better job situation from July 2019- June 2020 -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph However, experts say this is largely an illusion caused by a distressed population increasingly taking up low-paid informal jobs A Government survey has portrayed an improved unemployment situation between July 2019 and June 2020 on certain parameters, but experts say this is largely an illusion caused by a distressed population increasingly taking up low-paid informal jobs. Besides, while one standard of measurement in the survey appears to show an improvement, another...
More »Here's What Needs to Change for Sanitation Workers in India -Nirat Bhatnagar, Anahitaa Bakshi & Keshav Kanoria
-TheWire.in Improved data collection and reporting, appropriate protective gear and better Government policies can all help address the problems of sanitation workers. Over the last seven or eight years in India, sanitation has been a key focus of Government programmes. Several thousand crores have been spent on the issue and there has been remarkable progress in terms of toilets constructed. The sanitation problem has also received ample attention in the development sector,...
More »Rs.935 cr misappropriated in MGNREGA schemes over last 4 years: Congress
-PTI/ Livemint.com The Congress on Saturday alleged that ₹935 crore had been misappropriated in MGNREGA schemes over the last four years and said the Government must be held accountable for failing to check corruption. The party also demanded that the Government restore the 4 per cent quota for differently-abled persons in police forces. Please click here to read more. ...
More »UP: Anganwadi Workers Threaten Statewide Protests over Promised Allowances -Abdul Alim Jafri
-Newsclick.in The union alleged that despite the BJP’s election manifesto in 2017 promising to improve their work conditions and increasing remuneration for Anganwadi workers within 120 days, nothing of the sort has happened. Lucknow: Accusing the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh Government of misleading Anganwadi workers, the Anganwadi Karamchari Union in the state has threatened a state-wide protest if the state Government fails to increase the allowance of the workers soon. It was...
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