-IndiaToday.in Thousands of farmers are on their way to Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar where the Samyukta Kisan Morcha will be holding a massive 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' on Sunday. Muzaffarnagar: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called a massive 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar on Sunday where the farmers' body is slated to launch 'MISsion Uttar Pradesh-Uttarakhand' to give a boost to their protest against Centre's farm laws. Important announcements related to the kisan morcha's...
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Rs 360 crore scam in the making of NRC: Assam NGO -Kaushik Deka
-IndiaToday.in The NGO, whose PIL in Supreme Court led to the update of NRC, now claims financial irregularities in the process Two years after the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published in Assam, an allegation of large-scale financial irregularities in the process of preparing the document have surfaced. The allegation has been levelled by Assam Public Works (APW), the NGO that first filed a PIL in the Supreme Court demanding update,...
More »Children from communities facing discrimination are more likely to have stunted growth: Study -Tanya Jain
-Scroll.in/ IndiaSpend.com While links between child malnutrition and poverty are well-established, a new study shows how social discrimination is also a factor in stunting. Vulnerable to social discrimination, children from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Muslim families are more likely to experience stunting – a condition where the body height is less than the accepted range at a given age – says a new study. Even socio-economic advantages do not change the...
More »A hydro onslaught the Himalayas cannot take -CP Rajendran Mallika Bhanot
-The Hindu There is rock solid scientific evidence to demand the cancellation of many upcoming and approved hydel projects In normal circumstances, when a MIStake is understood and suffered, one tends to learn from it and not repeat it. Unfortunately, this does not hold true in the case of the policy makers who are bent upon permitting projects and large-scale infrastructure in the already fragile and vulnerable Ganga-Himalayan basin. Recurrent disasters in...
More »Latest available PLFS data sheds light on unpaid helpers in self-employment & underemployment among various types of workers
Generally, econoMISts refer to indicators like Worker Population Ratio (WPR), Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) in order to assess the extent of joblessness and work related precarity at a particular period of time in a certain geographical area. However, there are other indicators too, which can help in understanding the job situation, livelihoods security and vulnerability of workers in a better way such as 'percentage distribution...
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