-PTI NEW DELHI: The Rural Development Ministry has amended a key schedule of the ambitious MNREGA under which they will be guaranteed compensation in case of technical delays in payment of wages. Regretting that delays have been reported from all states despite clear provisions, the Ministry brought out the amendments stipulating that "if the payment is not made within 15 days of closure of the Muster Roll, compensation at the rate of...
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Rajan panel wasn't unanimous in framing underdevelopment index
-The Business Standard Panel member questioned the choice of sub-components There is some consolation for Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi: Not everyone in a panel headed by Reserve Bank of India Governor and former chief economic advisor Raghuram Rajan had favoured the inclusion of Gujarat in the list of less developed states. Economist and social scientist Shaibal Gupta, a member of the panel, had dissented and...
More »Green Revolution may not have been that revolutionary: Data -Rema Nagarajan
-The Times of India The Green Revolution is said to have revolutionised agriculture in India and helped the country achieve self-sufficiency in food production. However, government data shows more or less the same rate of growth of yields for various crops from 1951 to about 1990 suggesting that the 'revolution' might not have been as momentous as it is believed to be. In the India Rural Development Report 2012-13, released on...
More »'India's Infant Mortality Rate halved since 1990'
-The New Indian Express Bangalore: The number of children, under the age of five, dying in India, reduced by 55 per cent from 1990 to 2012, says a recent report. A September 2013 Report by UNICEF- ‘Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed,' suggests that a lot more can be done to lower the Infant Mortality Rate in India. The report says that to reach the ‘Millennium Development Goal 4'(MDG 4), which...
More »India shamed by high child mortality rate -Chetan Chauhan
-The Hindustan Times Just 81 districts in India accounted for more than one-third of child mortality below five years of age in 2012 and half of these deaths were of girls, a new study published in the international journal Lancet has said. The black spots for the Indian children are widespread with even districts in well-off states like Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka being...
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