-Hindustan Times Jaipur: Three-year-old Pawan of Dhaikheda village in Salumbder block of Udaipur district loves his new routine. He goes to a phulwari, a day-care centre, in Medifala under Bedawal gram panchayat every day at 9 am where he gets three meals, plays with toys as young tribal women from the area read out to him poems and stories. His two sisters had died of malnutrition. Pawan too was diagnosed with acute...
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Karnataka to declare drought? -Sharan Poovanna and Nidheesh MK
-Livemint.com At least 150 villages in Karnataka have already qualified as drought affected, with more being added as rainfall continues to be deficient, according to a Cabinet minister Bengaluru: The Karnataka government could well be on its way to declare the state as drought-affected after nearly two months of dry spell, according to two people familiar with the move. At least 150 villages in the state have already qualified as drought affected,...
More »India must overhaul legal system, culture of intolerance has taken root: Report -Anirudh Bhattacharyya
-Hindustan Times Toronto: A culture of intolerance has taken root in India and grown “more menacing” since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister two years ago, according to a new report prepared jointly by a Canadian university and global writers group PEN International. India must overhaul its antiquated laws and cumbersome legal system, which are increasingly being misused to silence dissent, said the report titled “Fearful Silence: The Chill on India’s Public Sphere”. It...
More »Three ministries to join hands to 'drought-proof' India from October 2 -Aman Sharma
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The government's big plan to fight drought will be unveiled on Mahatma Gandhi's birthday on October 2, with three ministries on directions of the Prime Minister, joining hands to converge their schemes to 'drought-proof' vulnerable districts using technology. Narendra Modi, during meetings with the chief ministers of droughtaffected states earlier this year, had asked for a massive effort to be launched for water conservation and storage...
More »BJP set to demolish Congress's 'Indira Awaas' plan in 2017 -Subodh Ghildiyal
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) is set for a final burial in March 2017, but the Congress can draw consolation from the fact that the rural housing scheme bearing the name of the former PM will run parallel to Narendra Modi's Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (PMAY) in its final six months. The Union rural Development ministry is set to launch the rural PMAY in October. Even so,...
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