-TheWire.in The current, complex payments systems employed by the government must give way to simple, decentralised systems to ensure greater accountability as empower local governing bodies. The Union government’s approach to payments under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has been a ridiculous joke, played on the workers who wait for their hard-earned money for a long time. Many do not get their payments at all, owing to various local malpractices....
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Utter Disgrace! Modi Sarkar Refuses Hike in Rs 200 Monthly Old Age Pension -Prabhat Patnaik
-Newsclick.in The government’s brazen class bias is crystal clear, as it gives away national assets built with public money to its favourite capitalists, together with tax breaks. Junior Minister for Rural Development in the Central government, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, ruled out in Parliament any increase in the amount of monthly pension given by the Centre to the elderly under the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP). The amount currently being given to each...
More »How a 62-year-old farmer got 5 IAS officers sentenced for contempt of court -Apoorva Mandhani
-ThePrint.in Savithramma from SPS Nellore district wasn't paid compensation for land taken over by revenue authorities in 2015. What followed was a 6-year-long legal battle to get her due. New Delhi: On Thursday, four serving IAS officers and a retired one were found guilty of contempt of court by the Andhra Pradesh High Court and were sentenced to varying jail terms or fines. The order came after a six-year-long legal fight and a...
More »Over 64 % of Accused under Excise Laws are SC/ST, Nomadic Tribes in MP: Report -Kashif Kakvi
-Newsclick.in Among 540 FIRs, over 73% were pertaining to desi liquor involving alcohol within the 1–10 litre range, the report says. Bhopal: Tulsiram Kanjar (29) and Ummead Singh Kanjar (45), who belong to the nomadic tribe from Madhya Pradesh's Guna district, were called to the Chief Minister’s event on August 31 to take part in the Vimukta Jati Sammelan 2021. When they returned home, both were booked under section 34 (2) of...
More »19 lakh manufacturing jobs lost in August: CMIE
-The Telegraph The latest unemployment rate is similar to the post-lockdown figure of 8.35 per cent recorded by the research firm around this time last year Nearly 19 lakh people lost jobs in August with the manufacturing sector the worst affected, according to the latest employment data released by a private research firm. The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) figures show that the unemployment rate had climbed to 8.32 per cent in...
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