-The Hindu Dehumanisation is the likely outcome when humane aspects of governance get outsourced to technologies The right to live with dignity is a constitutional imperative. However, it rarely manifests in discussions surrounding digital initiatives in governance. Centralised data dashboards — valuable as they are — have become the go-to mode for assessing policies, relegating principles such as human dignity and hardships in accessing rights to its blind spots. Often when technological...
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Eggs, chikkis, and bananas now on Karnataka midday meal menu -Shilpa P
-The New Indian Express Students of Classes 1-8 of all dists to get these for 46 days in a year BENGALURU: The Karnataka Department of School Education and Literacy announced that eggs, bananas or peanut chikkis (supplementary nutrition) would be included in the midday meal scheme as part of ‘PM POSHan shakti Nirman’ for students of Classes 1-8 studying in government and aided schools for 46 days a year in all districts. The...
More »Beyond the right of mere existence: From the lens of slum dwellers -Harshita Gupta and Krishangee Parikh
-TheLeaflet.in The recent observations of the Delhi High Court in Samar Pal versus Union of India urge us to ponder whether the right to life of slum dwellers deals with mere existence or includes the right to livelihood within its ambit. ——– BEYOND the skyscrapers and POSH lifestyle of cosmopolitan cities of India lie the lives of millions of slum dwellers. According to the 2018 report of the World Bank, 35 per cent...
More »Anganwadi Federation Urges Centre and States to Implement SC Ruling on Gratuity -Ronak Chhabra
-Newsclick.in In a convention held at BTR Bhawan in the national capital, the CITU-backed federation also gave a call for a four-day ‘Mahapadav’ from July 26 in New Delhi. New Delhi: Demanding that the central and the state governments provide gratuity, a basic social security measure, to all the anganwadi caregivers in the country, the All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers (AIFAWH) on Saturday called for a four-day ‘Mahapadav’ from...
More »Fortification of rice is not the correct solution to end malnutrition in Chhattisgarh, say fact-finding team members who visited the state
-Press release by by Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA-Kisan Swaraj) and the Right To Food Campaign (RTFC) dated June 20, 2022 Raipur/ New Delhi: Activists of Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) and Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) urged the Chhattisgarh government to abandon its rice fortification interventions. They appealed to the state government that it should not get coerced into distributing fortified rice in the food schemes...
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