-The Times of India LUCKNOW: More than eight months after the 16th Lok Sabha was constituted, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his MP colleagues in the government, as well as most of the opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha have not utilized a single rupee from their designated MP Local Area Development fund. According to data sourced by TOI from the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, MPs from only 10 out of...
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No Central Programme as Popular as MNREGA: States
-Outlook New Delhi: There is no central programme as popular as MNREGA; this was some state governments' message to the Centre as they conveyed their displeasure over the fund crunch for the scheme. On the occasion of 10th MNREGA Divas celebrations today, these states narrated how the rural job scheme did "exceptionally well" in the insurgency-hit areas of the country particularly in the northeast and Naxal-affected districts. The northeastern states conveyed their difficulties...
More »AMRI victims seek damages
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Survivors and family members of the 93 people killed in the fire at Calcutta's AMRI hospital in 2011 have moved the Supreme Court seeking compensation between Rs 7 crore and Rs 9 crore each. A bench of Justices S.J. Mukhopadhaya and A.M. Sapre yesterday issued notices to AMRI on the application moved by the victims, led by Paromita Guha Thakurta and others, challenging a National Consumer Disputes Redressal...
More »I&B asks depts to use Preamble with ‘secular’ word -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of the "Preamble" controversy, the government has issued instructions that all advertisements and government communication will use the 1976 version of the Preamble in future. In a letter, information and broadcasting minister Arun Jaitley has directed officials to ensure that the amended version of the Preamble be used by DAVP and other media units. This comes on the back of a row...
More »Reject Shanta Kumar panel’s proposal to cut food security coverage, say social activists
-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: Flaying the Shanta Kumar panel's recommendations to reduce coverage of subsidised foodgrains from 67 per cent of the population to 40 per cent, food rights activists have urged the Modi government to reject the report, as it would mean going back on the BJP's election promises. The panel, headed by BJP MP Shanta Kumar, was constituted to recommend the restructuring the Food Corporation of India....
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