-The Telegraph Minister says GOI has not enumerated caste-wise population, other than SCs and STs in Census since independence, not in line with statement made to SC The Centre has told Parliament that it “has not enumerated” caste-wise populations other than those of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes since Independence, contradicting a statement it made in the Supreme Court three months ago. In that court affidavit of September 21, the social justice...
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Finance Ministry: 99.31% of Money Returned to Circulation after Demonetisation
-MoneyLife.in Responding to a question raised by Rajya Sabha MP (member of parliament) Subramanian Swamy, the finance ministry informed the parliament that Rs10,720 crore worth of old Rs1,000 and Rs500 notes did not return into circulation after demonetisation. According to the finance ministry, when demonetisation was announced on 8 November 2016, Rs15,41,793 crore worth of withdrawn notes were in circulation. The finance ministry revealed in its written reply that, after verification and...
More »The children who quietly dropped out of school -Johanna Deeksha
-Scroll.in The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns disrupted the education of millions of students in India. When schools reopened, many never went back. At 10 am on a Tuesday in November, a group of children aged around 7 walked slowly towards their school in Mudnal Dhodu Thaanda, a Banjara community settlement in North Karnataka’s Yadgir district. The children were dressed in their school uniform: light blue shirts and dark blue skirts and pants....
More »How the Code on Wages ‘legalises’ bonded labour -Soumya Sivakumar
-The Hindu It allows employers to extend unlimited advances to workers and charge an unspecified interest rate on such loans Debt bondage is a form of slavery that exists when a worker is induced to accept advances on wages, of a size, or at a level of interest, such that the advance will never be repaid. One of India’s hastily-passed Labour Codes — the Code on Wages, 2019 — gives legal sanction...
More »At Uttarakhand School, Students Refuse to Eat Mid-Day Meals Cooked by Dalit Woman -Yogesh Kumar
-TheWire.in Sunita now fears losing her job as the parents of the school children allege that her appointment was in violation of norms, which the authorities deny. Dehradun: On November 25, Sunita, a Dalit woman, secured a job as Bhojan Mata, a cook, at a local government school in Sukhidhang village of the Champawat district, Uttarakhand. Even though the monthly salary paid to her is a meagre Rs 3,000 a month, the...
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