-Down to Earth The country had 1,800 arsenic-affected habitations in 2015. This increased to 4,421 as on September 17 The number of arsenic-affected habitations in the country increased by 145 per cent in the last five years, according to data shared with the Parliament September 18, 2020. The country had 1,800 arsenic-affected habitations in 2015. This increased to 4,421 as on September 17, 2020, according to a reply given to Lok Sabha by...
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On PM Modi's birthday, students fry pakodas, polish shoes to protest unemployment -Satyajeet Kumar
-IndiaToday.in NSUI, AISA and other student organisations held demonstrations to pull attention towards unemployment on the occassion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 70th birthday. Ranchi: NSUI and AISA along with other student organisations celebrated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 70th birthday in a way so as to pull the country's attention towards the issue of unemployment. The NSUI alleges that the unemployment menace has not only afflicted pain to youngsters but has also shattered...
More »How to reduce food, job insecurity in rural areas -Binoy Acharya, Ved Arya, Pratyaya Jagnannath, and PS Vijayshankar
-Hindustan Times Launch a massive programme to rehabilitate returnee migrants; allocate an additional Rs 50,000 crore for MGNREGS; extend the free ration scheme for six more months; revive and strengthen public systems of service deliver; RBI should give a directive to banks to extend a top-up loan of Rs 10,000 crore to Self-help Groups After the Covid-19 outbreak, 66% of rural households fell short of cash for food. About 40% reduced their...
More »Explained: UP, Bihar, Bengal see biggest jump in new NREGA job cards -Harikishan Sharma
-The Indian Express Consider this: From April to August, over 83 lakh additional households or 1.6 crore persons joined the NREGA labour force by getting job cards, taking the number of families under the scheme to an all-time high of 14.36 crore. This summer, as millions of migrants returned to their villages amid a rise in Covid cases, another chart climbed steadily: the number of households enrolled under the Mahatma Gandhi National...
More »Adivasis on course to revive traditional farm practices - Dibyendu Chaudhuri and Parijat Ghosh
-VillageSquare.in Deskilling of Central Indian Plateau Adivasis has led to loss of traditional knowledge and indigenous seeds. Efforts are on to reskill them by reviving traditional practices “The food is not tasty anymore. We do not feel strong. We are taking poison,” said Temba Oraon, an elderly villager in Jana, a village in Gumla district of jharkhand. Hirasand Oraon, another villager, his thoughts and added that the soil was more fertile earlier. The...
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