-India Water Portal NREGA has emerged as a go-to scheme for water conservation in tribal areas leading to higher irrigation coverage and thus augmenting agricultural production Out of India’s total population of 1210.19 million, 104 million, i.e., 8.6% are tribal (Census, 2011), India has one of the highest diversity among the tribes in the world. Broadly tribal inhabit two distinct geographical areas – the Central Indian Tribal Belt and the North-East. About...
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About 2% of state's grazing land under encroachment: Maharashtra govt tells Bombay HC -Vidya
-India Today The Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court that 2.23 per cent of four lakh hectares of grazing land in the state are under encroachment. In Short: * About 2.23 per cent of the total grazing land in Maharashtra is under encroachment * 24,513 encroachments have been removed from July 12, 2011 to September 15, 2022 * Bombay HC court asked the state govt what steps will it take to remove the encroachments The...
More »56 mn Indians may have turned poor in 2020 due to pandemic: World Bank -Asit Ranjan Mishra
-Business Standard "The global goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is likely to be missed: by then, about 600 million people will remain in abject poverty. A major course correction is needed," Indermit Gill said. About 56 million Indians may have plunged into extreme poverty in 2020 as a result of the pandemic, increasing the global tally by 71 million and making it the worst year for poverty reduction since World...
More »5.6 crore Indians plunged into poverty in 2020, says World Bank
-Scroll.in Data from a survey conducted by think tank CMIE had to be used as India has not published official figures since 2011, the financial body said. A total of 5.6 crore Indians slipped into poverty in the pandemic year of 2020, the World Bank said in a report on Wednesday, citing data from a household survey conducted by think tank Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. The findings of the Consumer Pyramids Household...
More »Dalit Christians, Dalit Muslims can’t be compared to Buddhist converts, says Centre’s 2019 affidavit -Abhinay Lakshman
-The Hindu The affidavit goes against the 2011 recommendation of National Commission for Scheduled Castes With the Supreme Court awaiting the Union government’s present position on including Dalit Christians as members of Scheduled Castes (SCs), the Narendra Modi government’s latest standing on this aspect has been to reject any such proposition, according to an affidavit filed by the government in November 2019, which also said Dalits who converted to Buddhism could not...
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