-The Times of India THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: AICC president Rahul Gandhi owns assets worth Rs 14.85 crore. This is Rs 4.85 crore more than what he had declared during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. In 2014 he had declared assets worth Rs 10 crore. In the affidavit filed before the Wayanad district collector on Thursday along with the nomination, Rahul Gandhi has declared that he has movable assets worth Rs 5,80,58,799 and immovable assets...
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What's forest governance without local hand -Sharachchandra Lele
-IndiaWaterPortal.org Multilayered governance and involvement of forest dwellers in the decision making processes can go a long way in managing our forests better. The recent news on the forced eviction of more than 1,000,000 tribal and other forest-dwelling households from 16 states by a Supreme Court order has again brought the long-debated issue of the role of the state and the community in forest governance to the forefront. The order comes...
More »Employment rate in India declines
-The Hindu The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data have revealed a drastic increase in the number of unemployed people in India. A comparison of the employment-to-population ratio (EPR) in rural versus urban areas shows significant variations. Rural EPR came down relatively more in 2017-18 compared to urban EPR, according to the PLFS data accessed by The Hindu. Rural women hit the most Among all the cohorts, the EPR of rural women registered the...
More »How water is shaping the hustings in Maharashtra -Radheshyam Jadhav
-The Hindu Business Line With people too busy collecting it, attendance at poll meetings is thin It’s the schedule of water tankers, and not the time and availability of political bigwigs and national leaders, that is determining the timing of election meetings and rallies in Maharashtra’s drought-affected regions. With the drought intensifying and paucity of water rising, over 3,117 water tankers, as against just 391 in March 2018, are plying in 8,000 villages...
More »Are Tribal Votes Slipping from BJP in Madhya Pradesh? -Kashif Kakvi
-Newsclick.in In the recently held 2018 Assembly elections, out of 48 tribal dominated seats BJP only won 16 while in 2013, the party had 34. Bhopal / Burhanpur: Demanding to uphold the Forest Rights Act 2006 (FRA) and withdrawal of the proposed amendment in Indian Forests Act 1927 by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, thousands of tribals carried out an ‘Adivasi Adhikar Chetavni rally’ in Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur district...
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