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Doctor among 10 held as Delhi Police bust ‘kidney racket that lured Poor & homeless with cash’ -Bismee Taskin

-ThePrint.in The matter allegedly came to light when some of the accused were seen outside a Delhi hospital, offering money to homeless people. The hospital then informed the Hauz Khas police. New Delhi: The Delhi Police have busted a gang that was allegedly running a kidney transplant racket from Haryana’s Sonipat, targeting Poor and homeless people in the national capital. Ten people, including a doctor, have been arrested so far. The arrests were...

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Forget minimum wages, MGNREGA workers not even receiving notified wages in many states

Every year in the month of either February or March, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) announces the notified MGNREGA wage rates (i.e., notified daily wage rates for MGNREGA workers) for various states and Union Territories (UTs) for the upcoming financial year. The MGNREGA rates are notified every year based on the increase in Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL). Like the previous years, in 2021 too, experts and civil...

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Needed, education data that engages the Poor parent -Priyadarshini Singh

-The Hindu What India lacks — and needs — is data which can hold the local vision of education and local actors accountable When the children of the Poor cannot read and write, when they do not play and dance in school, can the Poor speak and demand change? We gather data on enrolments, retention, learning, infrastructure, and teacher training to understand the state of our public school system. But is data...

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Book Review: A 'Slave Revolt' in 21st Century Uttar Pradesh -MR Narayan Swamy

-TheWire.in Laura T. Murphy's 'Azad Nagar: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt' unwraps the little known powerful story of a tribal revolt in the heartland of India. Laura T. Murphy’s Azad Nagar: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt is a powerful and moving story of a ‘slave revolt’ in the heartland of India that not many know about. And it did not occur in a bygone era –...

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App-based attendance hits rural jobs scheme workers -Sobhana K Nair

-The Hindu Lack of technical support, glitches in the app and Poor Internet connectivity pose problems The Union government has made capturing of attendance through its app, National Mobile Monitoring System, compulsory at worksites where 20 or more workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) are employed. This move comes despite many problems, including patchy Internet connectivity in rural areas and little or no technical support. The Ministry of...

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