-PTI At least 22 persons have been killed, 23.71 lakh people affected in Bihar The Ganga and five other rivers are still flowing above danger mark in many parts of Bihar, triggering a flood-like situation in the districts situated along the banks of the river, while in Uttar Pradesh water level of major rivers has crossed the red mark at several places in the State. At least 22 persons have been killed while...
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Dead come back to life in Rajasthan
-CivilSocietyOnline.com New Delhi: The 100-day Accountability Yatra across Rajasthan led by the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) has had an impact. The state government has issued orders to re-verify all one million pensions that had been stopped, including the 688,875 pensions that had been cancelled. From December 2015 to March this year the yatra had travelled to 33 districts in Rajasthan to assess how government schemes were functioning, find out people’s grievances...
More »How Gram Panchayat Development Plan is changing the villages of India -Nidhi Sharma
-The Economic Times For Latak in Assam's Dhemaji district, floods are a living reality. But this remote village of about 300 houses has found a novel cost-effective way to connect flood-affected areas — a bridge made out of neatly stacked bamboo. It may not sound like a big success story but, for the Village Panchayat, it is a cause for much celebration. The panchayat planned the project after deliberations with villagers...
More »Eligible beneficiaries dropped from pension list in Rajasthan
It was a Rashomon moment for the readers of the First Common Review Mission report when they heard activists complaining about the pension system of Rajasthan during a recent press conference held in the capital. The First Common Review Mission (CRM) report, which was prepared during the month of May this year by a team of 32 experts had observed that pension related payments under the National Social Assistance Programmes (NSAP)...
More »Rajasthan: Pension revived for 8 who were struck off list as ‘dead’ -Naveed Iqbal
-The Indian Express Names of the eight were struck off the list, along with nearly 10 lakh pensioners from across Rajasthan. DAYS AFTER a group of people from Rajasthan staged a demonstration in Delhi, in an effort to prove that they are “alive” and urge the Rajasthan government to restore their pension, the monthly pension of at least eight people in one village was reinstated, with arrears, on Tuesday. Names of the eight...
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