-Livemint.com A significant share of women in the country get married without even the most basic forms of communication with their to-be-spouses before their wedding day Indian women may be shedding their clichéd demure image, but when it comes to matters of choosing life partners they still opt for the traditional, conventional ways. According to the India Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2011-12, a significant share of women in the country continue to...
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New global report ranks India poorly in reduction of anaemia, malnutrition, diabetes -Aradhna Wal
-DNA The report says India is off course on meeting reduction targets for stunting, anaemia, adult overweight, obesity and diabetes. Yet another global report pointed out India’s worrying performance on various health indicators. India has had consistent poor rankings for stunting and wasting in children under five years of age, anaemia in women and diabetes in adult. The Global Nutrition Report 2016, ranked India 114 for under-5 stunting out of 132 countries,...
More »Jharkhand lauded for implementation of MGNREGA scheme -Jaideep Deogharia
-The Times of India RANCHI: Jharkhand government has bagged appreciation from the union ministry of rural Development (MoRD) for its effective implementation of MGNREGA schemes. The centre has allowed 50 more blocks-- highest in the country-- to be included in CFT project (Convergence of MGNREGS, National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) and Cluster Facilitation Team (CFT)). Centre directed other states to take lesson from Jharkhand model and implement some of the best...
More »A greater focus on farmer welfare -Purvi Mehta
-Livemint.com There is an emphasis on increasing farm productivity, but this might not always align with greater profitability While inaugurating the Krishi Mela at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in March, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for a “three-pillared” approach to farming, which included crop farming, agro forestry—that is, planting timber trees along farm peripheries—and animal husbandry. This is an important enunciation of how Indian agriculture works as an integrated system in...
More »Centre Stonewalls NDTV's RTI Queries On Drought Measures -Sreenivasan Jain and Aishwarya Iyer
-NDTV New Delhi: The severe drought that has gripped the countryside was no flash in the pan; when the monsoon of 2015 recorded poor rainfall, it should have set the alarm bells ringing for policymakers at least a year ago. So what exactly did the Centre do to tackle the crisis? To seek answers, NDTV filed a series of Right To Information or RTI applications in key Central ministries meant to tackle drought,...
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