-The Telegraph Seventy-five years of planned development have not helped in the betterment of the adivasi community Adivasis living in Central India make up one of the most marginalised SECtions in the country. But they live in the most resource-rich areas that attract industrialists and the State. Although scheduled tribes constitute 8.6% of the total population, they make up 50% of the people who have been displaced or dispossessed from their land...
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An agricultural labourer died by suicide every 2 hours in 2021: NCRB -Shagun
-Down to Earth Some 5,563 agricultural labourers died by suicide in 2021, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau Agriculture was said to be the sole bright spot for India’s gross domestic product growth, clocking a positive growth rate when other SECtors fell to the pandemic during the last two years. But the growth did not translate much for agricultural labourers as at least one agricultural labourer died...
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-IndiaToday.in Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has approved Rs 500 crore for the repair and maintenance of school buildings. The chief SECretary has been given instructions to carry out the implementation of the same. The instructions state: "To ensure smooth education in all the schools, the work of repairing the schools should be started immediately as soon as the rainy season ends." COMPLAINTS ABOUT STATE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS The chief minister had received information...
More »Farmers’ suicides increase by 19% in Andhra Pradesh: NCRB
-Deccan Chronicle Visakhapatnam: Farmer suicides in Andhra Pradesh increased by over 19 per cent in 2021 compared to the previous year, as per the latest National Crime Records Bureau Report. The state stood in third place in farmer suicides in the country, the third time in a row, data provided by the NCRB showed. A total of 1,065 people working in the farm SECtor (farmers, tenant farmers and workers) ended their lives...
More »Tamil Nadu: People above 80 may get higher old-age pension under new govt policy -C Shivakumar
-The New Indian Express Currently, all those who are above 60 years of age and fulfill the economic criteria stipulated by the government are eligible for a monthly pension of Rs 1,000 in the State. CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government may soon tweak the old-age pension scheme offered for senior citizens by introducing an age-based differential pension scheme for people in the 60-70, 70-80, and 80+ age groups. According to the new Senior Citizen...
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