-TheWire.in The current, complex payments systems employed by the government must give way to simple, decentralised systems to ensure greater accountability as empower local governing bodies. The Union government’s approach to payments under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has been a ridiculous joke, played on the workers who wait for their hard-earned money for a long time. Many do not get their payments at all, owing to various local malpractices....
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Only 11 women Supreme Court judges in 71 years, three of them appointed in 2021 -Sumant Sen, Jasmin Nihalani and Vignesh Radhakrishnan
-The Hindu The share of women judges in High Courts was only 11% as of August 1, 2021 Three of the nine new judges sworn into the Supreme Court (SC) of India on Tuesday, August 31 are women. The elevation of the three women judges is significant as the share of women has always remained Poor in the judiciary. The first-ever woman judge in the SC was appointed in 1989, 39 years...
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-PTI/ The Telegraph Muslim scrap dealer forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' at Madhya Pradesh village, and Muslim food seller attacked in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh on the same day One Muslim trader was coerced into chanting “Jai Shri Ram” while another was attacked for naming his food stall after a Hindu god. Two men have been arrested on the charge of forcing a Muslim scrap dealer to chant “Jai Shri Ram” at a...
More »Finding a healthy way to cook -Indira Hirway
-The Hindu As questions arise over the Ujjwala scheme’s success, it would be prudent to introduce alternative clean sources of energy In India, many women in Poor households who use firewood or dung cakes for cooking spend long hours collecting firewood and making dung cakes. This is drudgery. It affects their health and puts the safety of women and girls in jeopardy. Using firewood and dung cakes also leads to indoor pollution,...
More »Tamil Nadu government announces ₹100-crore urban jobs scheme
-The Hindu The urban employment scheme will be on the lines of MGNREGS, to improve livelihood of urban Poor. CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government will implement an urban employment scheme on the lines of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) at a cost of ₹100 crore to improve the livelihood of urban Poor, Minister for Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply K.N. Nehru said in the Assembly on Tuesday. “In the...
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