-The Telegraph Shortage of funds that was being cited was a gross violation of the law: Swaraj Abhiyan The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine an NGO’s plea that crores of workers were in a crisis as funds-starved states had run up wage dues of Rs 9,682 crore under the Centre’s flagship 100-day job scheme MGNREGA that has witnessed an increase in beneficiaries because of the pandemic. A bench of Chief Justice...
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‘Only 1 in 10 men use condoms, female sterilisation most common contraceptive’ -Jagriti Chandra and Sumant Sen
-The Hindu We need to change behaviours and social norms as family planning is considered responsibility of women, says NGO Less than one in 10 men use condoms in India, while nearly four in 10 women undergo sterilisation to avoid pregnancy, according to the latest National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-2021), which also shows that female sterilisation continues to be on the rise including in urban India. Only 9.5% men used condoms but 37.9%...
More »SC Seeks Centre, NGO’s Suggestions on Additional Safeguards If Char Dham Project Is Allowed
-PTI/ TheWire.in "We want to clarify that we have not made up our mind. We are open to the arguments. Whatever questions we are asking from the counsels is just to elicit better response," the bench said at the outset. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Union government and an NGO to suggest additional safeguards which it could impose on implementing agencies of the ambitious Char Dham project if...
More »India's Slide In Hunger Index Not Based On Opinion Poll, Says German NGO -Meher Pandey
-NDTV.com Welthungerhilfe (WHH), a German NGO and co-publisher of the Global Hunger Index (GHI) said that the Gallup opinion poll is not used by GHI, instead undernourishment is measured using data officially presented by India to the UN. New Delhi: Welthungerhilfe (WHH), a German NGO and co-publisher of the Global Hunger Index (GHI) -- a peer reviewed report on hunger and malnutrition -- has refuted New Delhi's claim that India's fall in...
More »Two of 12 top caste-based sexual violence cases from 'model' Gujarat: NGO report -Rajiv Shah
-Counterview.net The National Council of Women Leaders (NCWL), a civil rights group, has compiled what it has called “landmark cases of caste-based sexual violence” between 1985 and 2020 to mark the first anniversary of the notorious Hathras gangrape case, which led to the death of a young Dalit woman in September 2020. Compiling 12 cases from 10 States, the 15-page report, released by NCWL says, the effort is to highlight how...
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