-Tehelka Despite the serious toll it takes on women's health, female sterilisation remains the most prevalent form of contraception in India. While memories of the 21 months of Emergency in 1975-77, imposed by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi, survives even today in the minds of Indian men as the fear of forced sterilisation, the country's population control policies have shifted over the years since then to target the politically less...
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‘Nearly half of world’s older people do not get pension’
-The Hindu Business Line On the day a ₹ 1,000/month minimum pension scheme was launched in India, an ILO policy paper report said that close to half (48 per cent) of people over pensionable age in the world do not receive a pension. And those who do get a pension, do not receive an adequate amount to cover for their health, and old age-related problems. "As a result, the majority of the...
More »Centre asks state to build storage capacity before launching food security scheme -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The central government is not in a hurry to push states to implement Food security Act (FSA) without first building adequate capacity. The food ministry has even sought details of the preparedness in states where the act is in force. Sources said that only two more states - Assam and Uttarakhand - have informed the ministry about their readiness to launch the scheme. So far 11...
More »Valmiki Colony residents put through police checks ahead of Modi’s visit -Naveed Iqbal
-The Indian Express New Delhi: The much-anticipated launch of the Prime Minister's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan from Valmiki Colony in Central Delhi on October 2 has led to the residents of the colony being subjected to a police verification. The colony, housing mostly safai karamcharis of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), has been the centre of hectic cleaning activity for approximately two weeks. With the date of the launch inching closer, the...
More »Punjab to procure, distribute grains under food law -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-The Business Standard In a move that could lessen the Centre's foodgrain procurement burden, it has allowed the Punjab government to purchase and distribute grains in advance to beneficiaries of the National Food security Act (NFSA) for the next few months. As a result, 800,000-900,000 tonnes, mostly wheat, will not come to the Centre's pool for a while. Punjab is one of the main wheat and rice producers in the country. It had...
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