-The Hindu With most of India’s livestock in rural and remote areas, a game changer now will be the use of mobile veterinary units The twentieth livestock census indicated that India today has a livestock population of approximately 537 million; of this, 95.8% is concentrated in rural areas. Given the fact that most of the country’s livestock is in rural and remote areas, access to veterinary services is a major challenge. Livestock...
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A new app is failing India's fight against child malnutrition -Aarefa Johari
-Scroll.in Anganwadi staff need funds for infrastructure and supplies. Instead, the government gave them a new app that is riddled with problems. On the afternoon of August 23, the Chhota Sion urban health centre in the heart of Mumbai’s sprawling Dharavi slum was suddenly awash with pink. Nearly 80 women, all dressed in saris and salwar suits in various shades of the colour, trooped into its lobby. Breaking up into groups, they spent...
More »More than 2.57 lakh people evicted in India during the pandemic; 21 people evicted from their homes every hour, says latest report
-Press release by Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) dated 9th September, 2021 Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN), today, released its new report on forced evictions in India. Titled, Forced Evictions in India in 2020: A Grave Human Rights Crisis During the Pandemic, this report presents comprehensive data and an analysis of forced evictions and demolitions of homes of the urban and rural poor across the country in 2020. It...
More »Delhi HC slams Centre, RBI for inaction on usurious mobile vendors
-The Hindu RBI said it regulates banks and non-banking finance companies and it does not regulate online lending platform The Delhi High Court on Tuesday observed that online lending platforms, offering short-term personal loans through Mobile Apps, cannot be allowed to charge exorbitant interest and processing fees. “Rate of interest should not be exorbitant. Just look at the difficulties. An expert body is required. If you people are so slow in taking action,...
More »Slums in Mumbai's suburbs are sitting on death traps -Alok Deshpande
-The Hindu The densely populated slums on the hilly slopes of the Mumbai suburbs are sitting on deathtraps as the recent disaster in Chembur demonstrated. Alok Deshpande reports on the tragedy that took lives and swept away houses, once again highlighting the need for a comprehensive and sustainable plan for the ever-expanding city Subhash Ghashing, 21, took out his mobile phone and logged on to play an online warfare game at around...
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