-Press statement by delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan (DRRAA) dated 27th July, 2018 The delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan (DRRAA) is shocked and saddened by the news of the deaths of 3 minor girls in Mandawali, East delhi due to starvation. As per media reports, the post mortem has confirmed that the children aged 2, 4 and 8 died of starvation. While further details about the circumstances are awaited and the...
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SC warning on disability access
-The Telegraph New delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned it would summon chief secretaries of states and officials concerned of the central government if they didn't comply with its December 15 directives to provide adequate facilities at public places for the differently abled. "We have not said anything new in our verdict (December 2017). It was your (the Centre's) law and we just asked you to comply with it. We are...
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-Livemint.com One of the big drivers of the ruling BJP’s massive victory in 2014 was its ability to exploit inequalities within caste groups to expand its support base New delhi: When we think of caste-based inequality in India, we typically think of a pyramid where scheduled castes (SCs or Dalits) and scheduled tribes (STs) are at the bottom, other backward classes (OBCs) above them, and upper castes at the very top....
More »PM's Irrigation Scheme Struggling, Only 10% Projects Complete
-TheWire.in Despite the agrarian crisis that India is reeling under, the parliamentary standing committee noted that the government’s efforts in implementing irrigation projects has been ‘lethargic’. New delhi: A report of the parliamentary standing committee on rural development has revealed that only 10% of the projects taken up under the watershed development component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) have been completed. The report outlines that given that a majority...
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-The Telegraph New delhi: Three sisters, aged two to eight, died of complications caused by starvation on Monday night, a post-mortem report revealed on Wednesday. The eldest weighed just 15kg. Mansi, Shikha and Parul were eight, four and two, respectively. They were already dead when neighbours brought them to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital in Khichripur, east delhi, in the early hours of Tuesday. "We were informed by the hospital around 1.30pm yesterday (Tuesday)...
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