-The Hindu Experts and activists say the complex problem cannot be prevented merely by monetary handouts meant to retain girls in school Kolkata: Dipali, Manju and Sahanara (names changed) were all Beneficiaries of West Bengal’s most talked about conditional cash transfer scheme, Kanyashree. However, despite being Beneficiaries of the scheme, which according to the State government has 56.09 lakh Beneficiaries so far, these three young women were trafficked between 2016-18. Of the three trafficking...
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Centre to states: Use SECC to take manual scavengers into rural skilling programmes -Shalini Nair
-The Indian Express The SECC has identified a total of 1.82 lakh households where at least one person is employed in manual scavenging in rural India, numbers which have been dismissed as gross underestimate by organisations working in the area. The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has issued orders to all states to use the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) so as to identify persons working as manual scavengers, persons with disabilities,...
More »PM-Kisan instalment paid, then withdrawn from accounts, complain Maharastra farmers -Radheshyam Jadhav
-The Hindu Business Line Pune: On Sunday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme, transferring the first instalment of Rs.2,000 each to over one crore Beneficiaries, Ashok Lahamage received an SMS from State Bank of India’s Sinnar (Nashik) branch, stating that Rs.2,000 had been deposited into his account. But, to his surprise, he received another text message from the bank a few hours...
More »PM-Kisan sop amid election won't breach code, feels govt -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: After rolling out the Centre’s flagship ‘assured income support’ scheme for farmers on Sunday, the Modi government is now looking at the prospect of disbursing the second instalment of Rs 2,000 each to eligible small and marginal farmers in April-May even as the election is on. If the government goes ahead, many of the Beneficiaries may get total Rs 4,000 in next two months - first...
More »As PM Modi's Mega Farmer Income Scheme Rolls Out, 3 Challenges Before It -Sreenivasan Jain
-NDTV The scheme, announced during the budget in February promises Rs. 6,000 to 12 crore small and marginal farmer households each, at a total cost of Rs. 75,000 crore. As the government races to roll out PM KISAN, its flagship farmer cash handout scheme ahead of the elections, multiple challenges lie ahead. The scheme, announced during the budget in February promises Rs. 6,000 to 12 crore small and marginal farmer households each,...
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