Lucknow, New Delhi : In April this year, Babu Singh Kushwaha resigned as Uttar pradesh’s family welfare minister, taking moral responsibility for the scam involving misappropriation of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) funds in the office of Lucknow’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) — a racket that was exposed after the murder of incumbent B P Singh. The money involved was a few crores and the men arrested were a former CMO,...
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RTI activist behind bars had questioned construction by Peeyush Khandelwal
At the collapse site in Shalimar Garden area, thousands of onlookers gathered to have a glimpse of what some of them had already expected. Several nearby residents told mediapersons that an RTI activist was put behind bars when he tried to file RTIs to find out the truth — the manner in which construction was allowed at the building that collapsed. On Saturday evening, residents confronted officials of Ghaziabad administration and...
More »Almost 70 % Indians live in rural areas: Census report
-The Economic Times Nearly 70 per cent of the country's population lives in rural areas where, for the first time since independence, the overall growth rate of population has sharply declined, according to the latest Census. Of the 121 crore Indians, 83.3 crore live in rural areas while 37.7 crore stay in urban areas, said the Census of India's 2011 Provisional Population Totals of Rural-Urban Distribution in the country, released...
More »NHRC favours social audit of govt''s flagship schemes
-PTI Critical over the leakage of funds meant for the rural poor, the National Human Rights Commission has suggested that the government should conduct a social audit of flagship programmes like MGNREGA and ICDS to have an assessment on what is the impact on ground. A top NHRC official said the government''s various studies and reports had shown that there was no match between the programmes and performance as the authorities...
More »NHRC notice to UP govt on corruption in Bundelkhand
-MSN New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) Taking cognizance of complaints on farmer suicides and corruption in giving aid to families in Bundelkhand, the NHRC today issued notice to the Uttar pradesh Government asking it to submit a report within four weeks. The National Human Rights Commission said the action came following a media report and a complaint alleging that corrupt officials in Bundelkhand region were feeding off aid for the dead...
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