-The Indian Express The data for 10 drought-hit states show that a total of 1.52 crore people got employment under MGNREGA in the financial year ending March 31, 2015. For states hit with severe drought, the latest decision of the Ministry of Rural Development to continue providing 150 days of employment under MGNREGA may come as a much-needed succour. However, data shows that in 2015-16 of the households that were provided...
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India has 17 judges for a million people, 5,000 posts vacant -Pradeep Thakur
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A 1987 report of the law commission had drawn a blueprint of the manpower required in the judiciary. At that time, the strength of the judiciary was 7,675 judges, or 10.5 judges per million people. The judge-population ratio (sanctioned strength) has since increased to 17 judges per million but the vacancies have surpassed the 5,000 mark and so have the backlogs. The current sanctioned strength of...
More »Chhattisgarh farmer bears crop loss of Rs 1 lakh, gets compensation of Rs 81 -Rashmi Drolia
-The Times of India RAIPUR: "Should I repay loan with cheque of Rs 81 or go and commit suicide to rid of this disgusting cheque and the load of debt both?" asks a distressed farmer at a village in Surguja district has suffered loss of crop on his four acre of land amounting to Rs 1 lakh. Surguja district administration paid this farmer a relief compensation of Rs 81 via a cheque...
More »Adventures of the mind -Veena Venugopal
-The Hindu Business Line Deepalaya, a library in a corner of Delhi, is quietly transforming lives of children by giving them access to books On Mondays and Fridays it’s easy to find the way to Deepalaya library, you just have to follow the children. Some are still in their school uniforms, most have changed into colourful ‘home wear’; and in groups of twos and threes, with books tucked under their arms, they...
More »Lessons for unifying agricultural markets -Vyasan R
-The Indian Express Karnataka’s experience shows success depends on taking along all stakeholders. The government of India launched the National Agricultural Market Scheme in July 2015 in 585 markets and has, since April 14, started e-trading on the platform. This is in line with the Union Budget’s target to double farmers’ incomes in six years. To be sure, a doubling of incomes by 2022 would require them to grow at an annual...
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