-Down to Earth The move is aimed at stopping various malpractices related to seeking jobs under the scheme Bihar rural development department has issued an order to imMediately cancel over 7.25 million unused job cards under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). There are 1,260 million job-card holders under the scheme in the state. Amrit Lal Meena, principal secretary of the rural development department, told Down to Earth that the...

Established in 1998, Vividha is a woman’s documentation and resource centre. As the women's movement in Rajasthan became more intense and broader based in membership, the need for an information and resource centre became increasingly pressing. Vividha is a collective for critical and creative consultations on women's and other contemporary relevant issues that affect women's lives. It was formed of activists who had been providing assistance with investigations, legal aid,...

The FMP is an effort to celebrate the romance of journalism. Journalistic collectives have so far either been watering holes or trade unions. It is an organization dedicated to Media freedom and quality journalism. Editors have a guild. Owners, whether of newspapers or TV channels have associations to lobby their interests. But there is no association that cuts across mediums to champion issues of professional interest to journalists. FMP is...

-Live Mint   With a new political transition, it may be a good idea for the new government to work on an idea as to how to enable all health workers across the country to have data-enabled smartphones If you have no electricity, you can survive despite inconvenience; if you have no pucca house, you still survive on thatched shelters; if you have bad roads, you can still communicate on the patched...

-PTI   Amid an ongoing debate on freedom of Media, the Law Commission has floated a consultation paper to help it recommend an approach to be adopted in tackling issues like opinion polls, paid news, Media regulation and use of social Media. The law panel said though the country has every reason to celebrate its news Media, as society evolves, new challenges are constantly thrown up that require consideration. "Technology has expanded our horizons,...