-Business Standard When machines don't recognise their thumb prints, Aadhaar turns into a device of exclusion Wardi Devi, a senior citizen, hails from a remote town of Rajasthan. She’s tried to enrol for the Aadhaar thrice and even paid Rs. 150 and Rs. 50 to agents while making the first two attempts. Tired of coughing out her hard earned money from her meagre wages, she refused to pay anything the third time....
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MISsion 2022: The Challenges of Doubling Indian Farmer Incomes in Five Years -Vishavjeet Chaudhary and Gursharan Singh
-TheWire.in Raising productivity, reforming land policies and solving the remunerative price mess will require massive amounts of public investment and political will. Is the Modi government up to the task? The Niti Aayog recently came out with its ‘Three Year Action Agenda’ – a plan that covers a time period that is politically crucial as it leads up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. In its chapter on agriculture titled ‘Agriculture: Doubling Farmer’s...
More »A mango plantation in Jharkhand shows how MGNREGA can really empower rural families -Inayat Sabhikhi
-Scroll.in Instead of wages for a short period of time, the family running the project in Lanka village will create an asset for life. Mahavir Parhaiya’s household in the remote village of Lanka in Latehar district of Jharkhand is bustling with activity. They are busy working on setting up a mango plantation on what was once a barren plot near their house, under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act...
More »Sam Pitroda, regarded as the father of India's telecom revolution, interviewed by Peerzada Abrar (The Hindu)
-The Hindu Online media companies don’t take responsibility for their content, he says Sam Pitroda, regarded as the father of India’s telecom revolution, says that he is deeply concerned with the way social media is being MISused globally to propagate lies, hatred and false ideas. In an interview, Mr. Pitroda says that in India also, social media has not been used effectively and technology is not meant to be MISapplied. He says...
More »Delayed notification, non-uniformity in rules may dilute RERA: Icra
-PTI RERA Act would bring about a paradigm shift in the way the real estate industry operates Even as the Real Estate Regulatory Act (RERA) comes into effect, delay in issuing notification and non-uniformity of rules across the states may dilute its effective implementation, says the rating agency Icra. The Act would bring about a paradigm shift in the way the real estate industry operates and improve the level of transparency and accountability...
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