-Press release by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha dated 31st January, 2020 Rural distress has risen to alarming levels. As per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) of 2017-18, rural unemployment stands at 8 percent (statement 30 in Section 3.7, PLFS). In conjunction with skyrocketing food inflation levels, this is a serious concern. The situation is much worse for the landless depending on casual manual labour who constitute more than half the rural...
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Women farmers demand recognition from govt at 2-day meet -Jitendra
-Down to Earth Governments in India define farmers as those who own land, which is usually not the case with women Women farmers from six States demanded a comprehensive agriculture policy that would recognise them and offer relief and compensation to the kin of male farmers who had commit suicide, at a recent event in the national capital. Around 60 women farmers from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Punjab took...
More »Govt may trim budget allocation for PM-Kisan
-PTI New Delhi: The government may reduce allocation for the PM-Kisan scheme by 20 per cent to around ?60,000 crore in the upcoming budget due to implementation hurdles in some States, according to sources. The Centre had allocated Rs. 75,000 crore in the Budget Estimate (BE) for 2019-20 to implement the scheme, under which Rs. 6,000 is being provided to farmers per year in three equal instalments. Please click here to read more. ...
More »CAA class at rally -Debraj Mitra
-The Telegraph Calcutta: Social scientist Partha Chatterjee on Wednesday took a class on the document-based citizenship drive and the need to oppose it at a demonstration near New Market that has been continuing for 10 days. “This kind of emotion among people who have never walked in political rallies — in all corners of the country — is something I have never seen in my life. I will say shabash (bravo),” said...
More »'Digital divide' persists despite the country's desire to become a digital giant
A recent report of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) brings forth the dichotomy between digital divide and India’s transition towards a cashless economy. The rural-urban divide in access to computer and internet is quite stark, according to the report entitled 'Key Indicators of Household Social Consumption on Education in India, July 2017 to June 2018'. The 75th round National Sample Survey (NSS) report on education finds that...
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