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Live-stream of some Supreme Court hearings from September 27 -R Balaji

-The Telegraph ‘The modalities are being worked out. Some decision will be taken soon on who will be entrusted with the job of live-streaming the proceedings' The Supreme Court has decided to live-stream all constitution bench hearings from September 27 to address pleas to make the highest judiciary’s proceedings transparent and accessible to one and all. The important constitution bench matters that are scheduled to come up for hearing after September 27 include...

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More than half the funds for POSHAN Abhiyaan unutilised: NITI Aayog report -Taran Deol

-Down to Earth The scheme has an earmarked three-year budget of Rs 9,046.17 crore from 2017-18, when it was launched Less than half the funds set aside for the POSHAN Abhiyaan have been utilised by India’s states, according to the fourth progress report released by the NITI Aayog September 1, 2022. States and Union territories (UTs) with poor distribution of Mobile phones and growth monitoring devices emerged as those with low fund utilisation....

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If India Is To Fight Corruption, the Focus Must Be on Dam Projects -Amit Ranjan

-TheWire.in While the dam breach in Madhya Pradesh's Karam river is a recent example of poor construction quality, the politician-contractor-engineer nexus in these projects has long been known. In his eighth Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 2022, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the need to fight against corruption and nepotism. Highlighting the steps his government has taken to check corruption, Modi said: “In the...

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Organic takeover: How 10,000 farmers of Telangana, Andhra are steering a silent movement -Abhay Kumar Singh

-Down to Earth A federation of farmer-producer organisations has tapped into the growing organic market to help members raise incomes  Catering directly to the consumers’ needs assures better marketability and incomes. This is what nearly 10,000 farmers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have realised over the past decade and are now steering a silent organic movement. It all began in 2009, when a group of consumers in Hyderabad, then part of unified Andhra...

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MGNREGA: The Last And Often The Only Resort For Indian Women -Sunaina Kumar

-IndiaSpend.com Even as the rural employment programme provides low wages, it is a source of income and opportunity for women who have few other avenues of work in rural India and face barriers in migrating out of the village for work Rajsamand, Rajasthan: The year that Chanchal Kumari was born was the year of the drought in Rajasthan--2002. For two years, the state had a severe water shortage--no water for drinking or...

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