-The Hindu While the State Information Commission of T.N. furnished only 14% of the information sought, Maharashtra’s SIC was second-worst, sharing 23% of the information The State Information Commission of Tamil Nadu has been the worst performing as far as responsiveness under the RTI Act is concerned, furnishing only 14% of the information sought. Maharashtra was second-worst, sharing 23% of the information asked for, according to a report card on the performance...
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MGNREGA: Central squeeze to cost 30 lakh Bengal families -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph No other state has ever been denied funds for such a long period under the scheme, which provides for up to 100 days of paid, unskilled work to every rural household in a year New Delhi: The Centre’s decision to stop funds to Bengal under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act will have denied job opportunities to 30 lakh rural families in the state this year, a Study...
More »Latest Christian Aid report identifies top 10 climate disasters of 2022
-Press released by Christian Aid dated 27 December, 2022 * Study identifies the year’s 10 costliest extreme events influenced by the climate crisis - each caused more than $3 billion in damage. * Report also examines 10 other extreme events that caused massive human and environmental damage, mostly in the poorest countries. * The floods that submerged parts of Pakistan in June displaced 7m people and caused more than $30 billion in estimated...
More »Chronic illness impacts earning capacity, says research -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph Study by researchers at International Institute of Population Sciences finds that health reasons account for 7 per cent of 3,213 people who stopped work for a year or longer New Delhi: Chronic health disorders accounted for 30 per cent of decisions by a sample of middle-aged and elderly people in India to stop or curtail paid work, the country’s first-ever population-based Study to estimate how chronic diseases impact productivity has...
More »Sharp decline in disposal, increased pendency -- how pandemic affected district courts in India -Akshat Jain
-ThePrint.in There’s been a 40% decline in disposal of cases during pandemic, a report mapping district courts’ performance showed. The Study was conducted by a Delhi-based think-tank. New Delhi: The pandemic has severely affected the justice delivery system in India, causing a sharp decline in the disposal of cases, a Study mapping the performance of district courts during the pandemic shows. In its latest report called ‘Data Speak: A look at the District...
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