-The Hindu Hunger Watch-2 finds income dip and hunger, despite no national lockdown. India’s second wave that didn’t see a national lockdown like in the first failed to significantly alleviate economic distress and hunger among the poor, according to a survey of 6,500 respondents in 14 States. The survey, Hunger Watch–2, was commissioned by the Right To Food Campaign and The Centre for Equity Studies from December–2021 to January 2022 to evaluate economic...
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Second Hunger Watch Survey shows high level of food insecurity among the poor & vulnerable people of 14 states
-Press release by the Right to Food Campaign Secretariat dated February 23, 2022 * 66 percent respondents said that their income has decreased compared to the pre-Pandemic period * 80 percent reported some form of food insecurity, 25 percent reported severe food insecurity * 41 percent said that nutritional quality of their diet deteriorated compared to the pre-Pandemic period * 67 percent could not afford cooking gas in the month preceding the survey. * 45...
More »Questions on MGNREGA budget estimation -Laavanya Tamang and Anuj Goyal
-The Hindu How the Centre’s approach has eroded the very premise of MGNREGA The disappointing allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the FY 2022-23 budget has created a buzz. Organisations such as the All India Kisan Sabha and NREGA Sangharsh Morcha (NSM) have raised concerns about the inadequacy of the amount. Grassroots activists and academics have been demanding higher budgetary allocations for MGNREGA; yet, the...
More »'Midday Meals in Schools Only After 100% Attendance': Delhi Govt Responds to Legal Notice
-TheWire.in The Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan sent a legal notice to the Delhi government highlighting that midday meals in schools did not resume even though schools reopened for physical classes on February 14. New Delhi: The Delhi government has said that the doorstep delivery of dry ration kits will continue rather than hot cooked midday meals till 100% attendance is achieved in Delhi government schools after the Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar...
More »Stop targeting & excluding hijab wearing muslim women students because it affects their RTE, states NCEE
-Press statement by the National Coalition on the Education Emergency (NCEE) dated February 21, 2022 We note, with deep concern and anguish, the active prevention of muslim women from attending government schools and colleges, on the grounds that they wear the hijab, a headscarf. This move violates not just the fundamental rights of these women, including those of freedom (Article 19, 25) and equality (Article 14), but also their right to...
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