-NDTV NREGA, today celebRATing its 10th anniversary, has received a hostile reception from the current political dispensation. The Rajasthan Chief Minister questioning the need for a law, the then Rural Development minister's suggestion to limit NREGA to a few districts, and the Prime Minister's speech in Parliament in 2015 reveal the BJP's hostility and double standards (NREGA was passed unanimously in 2005). Yet, it would be wrong to lay the entire blame...
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Misguided emphasis on labour reforms -SP Singh & Amit K Giri
-The Hindu Business Line Going by the experience worldwide, it is unlikely to geneRATe jobs in the formal sector Changes in land and labour laws are the two most important components of the second geneRATion of economic reforms. Since early 1990, a slew of economic reforms have been initiated in almost all sectors. However, the governments in power from 1990 through 2014 did not introduce radical changes in the prevailing land and...
More »Let’s register sex of foetus, says Maneka -G Sampath
-The Hindu Striking a startlingly contrarian note on the social evil of prenatal sex determination and resultant female foeticide, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi, speaking at a media event in Jaipur, suggested the determination of the sex of the foetus from the moment pregnancy is detected. “It is really not feasible to go around trying to catch every ultrasound technician for revealing the foetal gender to parents in...
More »'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' to cover 61 more districts
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Modi government's flagship programme 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao', initially launched in 100 districts, will now be extended to 61 more districts owing to its success, Union minster Maneka Gandhi said on Monday. Addressing the All India Regional Editors Conference in Jaipur, the minister for women and child development said the programme has delivered encouraging results, therefore 61 additional districts will be covered under the initiative....
More »Rajasthan sets minimum wages for domestic help
-The Times of India JAIPUR: Enforcing labour reforms in the unorganised sector, the Rajasthan government has fixed minimum wages for domestic help and set limits to their working hours. According to a recent notification by the state's labour department, the RATe for an entire day's (defined as eight hours) chores - including cooking, washing, baby sitting and other work - has been fixed at a minimum of Rs 5,642 per month. The...
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