The government has asked banks to accept identity proofs issued in other states as valid documents for opening no-frills bank accounts, in a move that will help millions of migrant workers, including domestic helps and Drivers, access banking services. At a specially convened meeting to push the financial inclusion agenda, the finance ministry asked bankers to accept the identity proofs and use their branch network in other states to verify the...
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RTI activists have always been targetted in Gujarat
-DNA Four RTI activisits have been butchered and six have escaped murder attempts, as authorities continue to wink at the culprits. DNA profiles the heroes who are fighting a not so appreciated battle for upholding democratic values. Manisha Goswami Manisha Goswami, a resident of Vapi, has been waging a lone battle against the pollution spread by industries in Vapi. In the latest case, Goswami had moved an RTI application seeking information about a...
More »Gender bias: Only Afghanistan fares worse than India in South Asia by Rukmini Shrinivasan
India's abysmal gender inequality statistics seem to have taken a turn for the worse. New data shows the country's Gender Inequality Index (GII) worsened between 2008 and 2011, and India now ranks 129 out of 146 countries on the GII, better only than Afghanistan in south Asia. On the Human Development Index (HDI), India ranks 134 out of 187 countries. When inequality is factored in, it experiences a 30% drop in...
More »Ramesh slams Modi for Gujarat's poor show in social development
-The Times of India Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh found an occasion for Modi-bashing at the release of UNDP's Human Development Index report, 2011, on Wednesday, saying there had been "retrogression" in social development indices in Narendra Modi-ruled Gujarat. He also blamed the US for being the biggest contributor to non-sustainability, and slammed India for being 'hell-bent' on following the American model of development. Speaking on the linkage between growth and development,...
More »For urban poor, Govt plans to stand guarantee for Rs 5-lakh home loans by Smita Aggarwal
The Government is finalising the blueprint for a scheme to enable a vast majority of the urban poor to own a house. The housing and urban poverty alleviation (HUPA) ministry has proposed to stand in as guarantor for home loans up to Rs 5 lakh. Under the scheme, banks would be reimbursed up to 90 per cent in case the poor default on these loans. The scheme, targeting those earning less than...
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