-Newsclick.in Since 2007, the central government has given a meagre Rs 7 to Rs 16 per day to the elderly. Some states have recently announced an increase in entitlements under the old-age Pension scheme. For instance, Andhra Pradesh increased the old age Pension amount by about Rs 250 to Rs 2500 per month at the beginning of 2022. More recently, the Uttar Pradesh government has announced an increase in the old-age Pension...
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Civil society members are unhappy with the abysmal rise in notified wage rates for MGNREGA in FY 2022-23
-Joint Press Note released by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha network and People’s Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG) dated March 31, 2022 The wage rates for NREGA workers for FY 2022-23 were notied on 28.03.2022. The notication of the wage rate has been extremely late, with only 3 days remaining for the beginning of the next nancial year. Such a delay prevents any discussion or debate regarding the wage rates or their adequacy....
More »Will restore old Pension scheme if voted to power in Haryana: Bhupinder Singh Hooda
-PTI/ The Hindu The former Chief Minister also assured to restore the quota for sportspersons in government jobs Senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday promised to restore the old Pension scheme for government employees in Haryana if the party was voted to power in the state in the 2024 Assembly polls. The former Chief Minister also assured to restore the quota for sportspersons in government jobs. The ruling BJP-JJP had recently abolished...
More »Media Coverage of the Right to Information (Amendment) Act 2019 in India -Ashish Singh
-Countercurrents.org The Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by both the houses of parliament in July 2019. The opposition parties had been arguing against the proposed changes in the Right to Information Act of 2005 through this amendment. The Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act, 2005) came in existence after a long movement against transparency and accountability in governance. It enabled all citizens of India the right to...
More »Corruption, pending payments mar implementation of rural schemes: Parliamentary panel
-The Hindu Genuine labourers not getting their dues while money keeps changing hands due to collusion of unscrupulous elements, says report Fake job cards, widespread corruption, late uploading of muster rolls, and huge pending payments for wages and materials are among the issues hampering the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) scheme, apart from insufficient funding, according to a Parliamentary Standing Committee report submitted to the Lok Sabha today. The...
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