Giving a thumbs up to the defence ministry’s proposal to raise a territorial army battalion consisting of local tribal youth in Maoist-affected areas, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked it not only to take it up on priority basis but also to raise three battalions instead of one. After being vetted and cleared by both the key ministries, the proposal is expected to come up in in the cabinet...
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Building on Aadhaar
-The Business Standard In Budget, reformers win, NAC loses The consensus opinion that has developed about the 2012-13 Budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday is that it was unambitious, especially in terms of reworking government spending. It delivered little in terms of a vision for reform, the argument goes, constrained as it was by the spending-hungry allies in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the entitlement-hooked Congress leadership. A...
More »Several States in north India cling on to joint families by P Sunderarajan
-The Hindu Even as the country as a whole has been switching over to the nuclear family system, several States in north India seem to be rather reluctant to follow the trend wholeheartedly. A detailed analysis of the Census 2011 data released on Tuesday shows that 27 per cent of the households in Uttar Pradesh still had two or more married couples living together — far more than the national average of...
More »Aadhaar a potential project to improve public service: Survey
-PTI The UIDAI's Aadhaar project for providing unique identity numbers to residents, has huge potential to improve the delivery of social sector schemes like rural employment guarantee, the Economic Survey 2011-12 said. "Aadhaar has huge potential for improving operations and delivery of services," the survey said. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), attached to the Planning Commission, is engaged in providing residents in the country a Unique Identification number (called Aadhaar) linked...
More »Unemployment allowance for MGNREGA workers
-PTI jharkhand government today promised to pay unemployment allowance for job card holders for MGNREGA scheme if they fall short of getting 100 days work in a year. Deputy Chief Minister Sudesh Mahto told the state assembly that allowance would be paid to those falling short of the guaranteed mandays. The assurance came after RJD MLA Annapurna Devi raised the issue in the question hour. ...
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