“Government callous to plight of people groaning under spiralling prices of food items” Nine political parties, including four Left parties, on Thursday announced a week-long nationwide agitation against price rise. The United Progressive Alliance government was callous to the plight of people groaning under spiralling prices of food items, they alleged. “We have decided to jointly conduct a week-long agitation against the price rise from February 3 to 9. During the...
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MGNREGA a success in M’laya
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a landmark legislation to improve the economic condition of rural mass of India through an assured 100 days of employment per household per year, was initially implemented in West Garo Hill and South Garo Hills districts of Meghalaya in 2006, with much publicity. The scheme emanating from the MGNREGA for providing unskilled manual work for 100 days per household at Rs...
More »Govt has no control over veggie prices: Sharad Pawar by Deepak Lokhande
Beleaguered by rising prices, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Saturday termed sky-high onion prices a seasonal phenomenon and hoped that the picture will change in the coming months. “Onion prices have shot up as over 70% of crop from Nashik, which would have been ready for sale in December-January, was destroyed due to unseasonal rains. This has disturbed the cycle of supply in the country. It will be restored after...
More »India to tear down flats at centre of graft scandal
India's environment ministry has ordered the demolition of a block of flats in Mumbai that has been at the centre of a corruption scandal. It said the Adarsh Society building must be demolished within three months for breaching coastal protection laws. The 31-storey high-rise was originally planned as a six-storey housing project for war widows. But flats were sold to politicians and military officers, allegedly at prices far below the market rate. The block,...
More »Using RTI difficult for us, says Indians abroad by Prathiba Raju
Living overseas for education, employment or other reasons, Indians abroad find it difficult to use the Right to Information (RTI) Act due to the cumbersome fee-payment process. 'Even after five years of the RTI Act, Indian citizens living abroad are unable to use it effectively because of a cumbersome fee payment system. The Indian government has not framed any rules or procedures for the payment of RTI fee in foreign currency...
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