-ThePrint.in The state government had last year introduced the scheme in seven districts but faced stiff opposition from Lingayat, Jain and other communities. New Delhi: In order to tackle malnutrition among children, the BJP government in Karnataka is planning to expand its initiative of serving eggs in mid-day meals to more schools across the district. The state government had last year introduced the scheme in seven districts of north Karnataka, namely Bidar, Raichur,...
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Supreme Court seeks update on power CABles at Great Indian Bustard’s habitat -Shuchita Jha
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-The Hindu Pandemic relief was to end in March 2022. The Union CABinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) for another six months till September 2022. The scheme was originally introduced in April 2020 a month into the first lockdown during the initial onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the sixth phase of PM-GKAY. The Phase-V of the scheme was...
More »Narendra Modi Speaks of Elusive Police Reforms, But Evades the Central Issue -Pratik Kanjilal
-TheWire.in Contrary to the spirit of reform, Modi’s government has sought to arrogate to itself the power to transfer IAS and IPS officers at will, without the concurrence of state governments. On Sunday, at the first convocation ceremony of the Rashtriya Raksha University in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recommended several progressive steps towards better policing, including the need for a psychological approach for improvements in jail conditions, for personnel to study...
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-The Telegraph According to a proposal approved by the CABinet, the central government’s share of the honorarium will remain unchanged till 2025 For 50-year-old Saroj, supporting her four-member family with a paltry honorarium of Rs 3,500 a month she gets for cooking food at a government primary school in Haryana is a daily struggle. “I have two daughters and a son. All of them are studying in government schools. Neither can I provide...
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