-The Telegraph Unemployed man's card reaches him, but after his demise Ranchi: Bhukhal Ghasi, an unemployed villager of Bokaro district had no ration card when he died, allegedly of starvation. Now the ration card that has been issued after his death entitles him to ration, posthumously. That was what a fact-finding team of the Jharkhand wing of the Right to Food Campaign found in Bhukhal’s village, Karma Shankardih under Singhpur panchayat of Kasmar...

-TheWire.in The state government has also reduced the cut-off age for old age pensioners from 65 to 60 years. New Delhi: Close to 42 lakh pensioners in Andhra Pradesh received their pensions at their houses from the village and ward volunteers under the state government’s ‘Intivadhakey Pension’ programme, according to a report in The Hindu. The massive doorstep pension disbursement initiative was one of the promises in the YSRCP’s election manifesto and was...

-Press release by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha dated 27 January, 2020 As the Indian economy continues to languish, the government ignores the advice given by several noted economists, including that of the most recent Nobel winner Abhijit Banerjee, to improve the functioning of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). The economy is facing blow after blow. India has the highest rates of unemployment in the past 45 years and food inflation...

-The Indian Express Over the last several days, various organisations in Punjab have been protesting against a revised land policy relating to village common land, which is known as ‘shamlat’ land. Over the last several days, various organisations in Punjab have been protesting against a revised land policy relating to village common land, which is known as ‘shamlat’ land. The state Cabinet recently approved an amendment to the Village Common Land (Regulation)...

-The Indian Express The PIL sought to end “unlawful activities in the name of cow vigilantism” and submits to have been filed in the interest of the Dalit community, particularly on the behalf of those in villages. Ahmedabad: In a public interest litigation (PIL) filed at the Gujarat High Court (HC) in 2016, following the atrocities on Dalits in Una alleging killing of cows, the respondents sought time to reply on action...