-The Hindu Advent of pandemic caused long delays at every stage, says Rural Development Ministry Less than 6% of houses sanctioned under the Centre’s flagship rural housing scheme in 2020-21 have reached completion so far this year, with COVID-19 stalling progress, the Rural Development Ministry told a Parliamentary Standing Committee last month. However, some States such as odisha and Jharkhand used the scheme to provide employment opportunities for migrant workers who returned...
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RTI activist, who moved odisha Lok Ayukt against BJD MLA, engineer, brutally attacked
-The Hindu Sarbeswar Beura alleged that a road embankment was blown up at the instance of a Biju Janata Dal MLA and an engineer to cover up corruption. BHUBANESWAR: A Right to Information (RTI) activist, who had moved the odisha Lok Ayukt alleging that a road embankment was blown up at the instance of a Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA and an engineer to cover up corruption, was attacked with bombs. Two bike-borne...
More »Only 11% low-income countries make their data open: World Bank report -Kiran Pandey
-Down to Earth Gaps in data on women and girls particularly severe; countries do not invest enough in public intent data systems, the report said Most countries have shied away from an open-data policy — more so countries with developing economies, according to a recent World Bank report. Only 11 per cent low-income countries consistently made available with a license classifiable as ’open’, the report flagged. The comparable rate for lower-middle-income countries was...
More »Lessons in direct income support from odisha -Varad Pande and Shilpa Kumar
-The Indian Express Governments can learn much on how to construct a social welfare system for farmers from odisha's KALIA scheme for DIS. The recent farmer agitation has brought the issue of farmer distress front and centre in the public consciousness. The time seems ripe to find new solutions to the structural challenges facing farmers. One promising step is the shift from non-targeted agriculture subsidies towards direct income support (DIS). A key...
More »Chhattisgarh No 1 in providing employment under MGNREGA
-TheFederal.com West Bengal holds second rank, Assam and Bihar third, and odisha fourth The Chhattisgarh government said on Saturday the state ranks first in the country for providing employment under MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). Chhattisgarh has created employment of 16.06 crore man-days so far in 2020-21, against the target of 15 crore man-days set by the Centre, the state said. Please click here to read more. ...
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