-Hindustan Times Small and marginal farmers comprise 85% of the land holdings in India. Social protection is a survival tool for the rural poor, who have no easy access to wage labour. India recognised the need for social protection early on and introduced a slew of social protection programmes like the National Rural Livelihoods Mission. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) provides 100 days of assured labour wages...
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'One in three Children in Bengaluru slums are underweight' -Tanu Kulkarni
-The Hindu Bengaluru: One in three Children in slums in Bengaluru are underweight reveals a sample survey conducted by Child Rights and You (CRY). The survey, which was conducted in five slums in the city and covered 258 Children was released on Tuesday. The survey stated that only 47 per cent of the Children in Bengaluru slums are enrolled in Anganwadis. The survey also found that 66 per cent of the parents surveyed in...
More »Smog envelopes NCR, air quality falls as Punjab farmers burn paddy -Amit Bhattacharya
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Uncontrolled burning of paddy stubbles by Punjab farmers appears to be again putting the health of residents in the National Capital Region at risk, with Delhi's air quality falling sharply in the past two days even as farm fires peak in Punjab. Since Saturday, Delhi's air quality index has dramatically dropped by 60-80 points and is now inching towards the 'very poor' zone, when Children are...
More »China’s reversal of one-child policy will have economic implications
-Hindustan Times In the 1970s Deng Xiaoping explained that China’s one-child policy was being introduced to ensure “the fruits of economic growth are not devoured by population growth”. Last week, Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s rationale for officially abandoning the policy was the reverse: To ensure economic growth is not wrecked by population decrease. But it is probably too late to change China’s demographic future. China’s population has begun to age — and age...
More »IDs for 'invisible' Children -Ananya Sengupta
-The Telegraph New Delhi: A Delhi government notification has paved the way for juvenile offenders and abandoned or surrendered Children in the capital to get birth certificates if they lack one. The move, expected to be replicated across the country, will give lakhs of invisible Children an official identity and make it easier for them to get into school and secure government welfare and documents, such as scholarships, passports and PAN cards. Only...
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