-The Hindu It claims the matter is sub judice. The Agriculture Ministry has denied a Right to Information (RTI) request for details on pre-legislative consultations on the farm reform laws, saying the matter is sub judice. In its response, the Ministry cited the clause from the RTI Act that exempts information which has been expressly forbidden to be published by a court of law or whose disclosure would amount to contempt of court. This...
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Centre has promised to enhance MGNREGA mandays to 150, says Minister Eshwarappa
-The Hindu MANGALURU: Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K.S. Eshwarappa said on Tuesday that the Union government has promised to sanction 50 additional mandays for the State to implement Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme. Speaking to presspersons in Udupi, the Minister said that the Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Narendra Singh Tomar at a recent meeting promised to increase mandays from 100 to...
More »Left, Khaps, Gender, Caste: The solidarities propping up the farmers’ protest -Amandeep Sandhu
-CaravanMagazine.in When the Narendra Modi government refused to allow protesting farmers to assemble at Delhi’s Ramlila crowds in late November last year, they took a smart call—one that would greatly benefit them in coming days, in more ways than one. They rejected the government’s offer to assemble at the Nirankari grounds in Burari, and decided to camp at the Singhu border instead. What began then was “a war of attrition,” as...
More »Farm leaders ‘disappointed’ with SC directions -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu They express outrage at the composition of the committee being set up Farm unions are meeting at the Singhu border to discuss the developments in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, and their next steps. Before the Samyukt Kisan Morcha meeting, which was scheduled to begin late in the afternoon, a few leaders expressed their disappointment with the court’s directions, and outrage at the composition of the committee being set up. “See...
More »A step back in gender equality -Sunny Jose
-The Hindu Paying women for domestic and care work is a recognition of their efforts but may not reduce and redistribute their burden Is the electoral promise of paying women for carrying out domestic work and care work a progressive public policy? The proposal, put forth by Kamal Haasan’s political party, Makkal Needhi Maiam, has generated curiosity and reopened the old but unsettled academic debate. On the face of it, the proposal...
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