-The Times of India The Centre is mulling a law to ensure that 22.5% of the Union Budget is exclusively spent for dalit and tribal welfare, a move seen as an outreach to the Congress support base that is bristling at the party's failure on the flagship demand to restore reservation in promotions. A law on dalit and tribal sub-plans would go beyond the symbolic to bind the government to...
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Maharashtra’s ‘progressive’ policy for transgenders seeks ‘preventive measures’-Amruta Byatnal
-The Hindu Even as the Maharashtra government congratulated itself for addressing issues of the transgender population in a draft policy announced earlier this month, one of the provisions of the policy, which states people being transgender can be prevented through medical care, has angered the marginalised community. By this, the government has failed to acknowledge that being transgender is a choice of many people, the community's empathisers say. The draft of the...
More »Food bill norms give contractors the edge -Nitin Sethi
-The Times of India The government has provided a back-door entry for contractors and the food industry to corner the lucrative ICDS food supply budget through the National Food Security Bill - a move that had seen controversy earlier too but could now become part of the law if passed by Parliament. In a footnote to one of the three schedules of the bill, the government has provided that children between 6...
More »Haryana paid old-age pension to 12,000 ineligible people: CAG -Sukhbir Siwach
-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government has been providing old age pension to 12,000 people, who were below the age of 60 and not eligible for the same, a report released by the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) recently revealed. The beneficiaries received old age pension of Rs 500 between 2011 and December, 2012, when the state government came to know of the scam. The state government grants "old age allowance"...
More »Nitish Kumar grants Bihar women 35% quota in police jobs -Santosh Singh
-The Indian Express Patna: In yet another attempt to consolidate his “caste-neutral” base among women, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced 35 per cent reservation for them in police jobs. Bihar Police is estimated to have 43,000 job vacancies, including of 25,000 constables, over the next five years. "Reserving 35 per cent seats for women will be another step towards women empowerment that started with the government giving 50 per cent reservation...
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