-The Indian Express As protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act spiralled across Assam since December last year, the Sarbananda Sonowal-led state Government promised a speedy implementation of Clause 6 as an antidote to the agitation and a measure to protect the interests of the “indigenous” people of Assam. A high-level committee on implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs has said that ‘Assamese people’...
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Punjab: Dalit Village 'Misled' by Govt to Hand Over Panchayat Land for Industrial Park -Vivek Gupta
-TheWire.in As one village prepares to take the Government to court, another claims panchayat land reserved for scheduled castes was auctioned by proxy to ‘upper caste’ families. Chandigarh: One-and-a-half months ago, Amrik Kaur, sarpanch of village Sekhowal in Ludhiana district, was asked to attend a meeting at the Ludhiana deputy commissioner’s office. There, she was asked to give her consent for the transfer of a portion of the village common (shamlat) land...
More »This Kharif season, PMFBY sees sharp fall in farmers covered, sums insured -Harikishan Sharma and Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express "Opposition-ruled Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh record highest coverage, even as many states, including Gujarat and MP, pull out of Modi Government's flagship insurance scheme. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) has seen a sharp drop in the number of farmers covered and sums insured in the current kharif cropping season. This comes even as many states – Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Jharkhand, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh – have exited or...
More »Nutrition should not be forgotten in the face of pandemic -Rahat Tasneem
-Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability Despite considerable progress made over the decade, India still carries the burden of undernutrition with 38.4, 21, and 35.8 per cent of children under five facing stunting, wasting, and underweight respectively, more than 50 per cent of children and women being anaemic, and 31.5 per cent of women having less than normal body mass index (BMI). Interventions by the Government to combat undernutrition are covered under...
More »Universal PDS is a better idea than One Nation One Ration Card to ensure food security, says Right to Food Campaign
-Press release by Right to Food Campaign, dated 11th August, 2020 Although One Nation One Ration Card has been projected as a solution to the food insecurity problems that mobile or floating populations face, there are some serious problems associated with the scheme, such as exclusion errors, etc. Instead of the ONOR scheme, the Government should universalise the public distribution system (PDS) and open community kitchens in urban areas. Please click here...
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