-Outlook The oasis UPA is supposed to have brought Pakur is a mirage UPA Divertissement Ad claims refurbished pond in Hiranpur block has promoted communal amity through ‘social and religious events'. Locals say no such events have held. Locals dissatisfied with the siphon irrigation system praised in the ad have damaged it repeatedly In fact, local administration is worried about a law and order situation if it files...
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Unemployment in India on the rise, rural women worst hit
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Between 2009-10 and 2011-12, the proportion of people working slipped slightly in India, and the share of unemployed persons ticked up, a government report released on Thursday has revealed. In 2009-10, 36.5% of the population was gainfully employed for the better part of the year. By 2011-12, the proportion of such workers had dipped to 35.4%. Meanwhile the unemployment rate went up from 2.5% to...
More »No Country For Countrymen -Arun Sinha
-Outlook As the Manmohan Singh government makes evident its unfriendliness to villages, the nation hurtles towards disaster. It's a danger no one wants to face. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been trying for years to make us believe that agriculture is a vast marshland in which a huge population is stuck ankle- to neck-deep and it is his duty to rescue them. "Our salvation lies in moving people out of agriculture," he...
More »Migrant bonded labourers rescued from quarry near Bangalore-MT Shiva Kumar
-The Hindu Mandya: In a single biggest raid in recent years against the "bonded labour system" in the State, Revenue and Police officials on Thursday raided a stone quarry unit on the outskirts of Bangalore and rescued 19 migrant labourers. Among them nine are minors. The rescued labourers are from Mahbubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh. They alleged that they had been working since past 13 years as bonded labourers at the quarry,...
More »Sweet endeavour for SHG women
-The Hindu Nestham, an NGO, in association with Nabard, conducts a training programme for women members in preparation of mango jelly VIJAYAWADA: Nestham, a non-governmental organisation, in association with Nabard, conducted a training programme on preparation of mango jelly for 120 members of women's self-help groups at Sitharampuram, Kotha Edara, and Krishnavaram villages in Agiripalli mandal of Krishna district. Under the Micro Entrepreneurship Development Programme (MEDP) of the Nabard, the NGO mobilised women...
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