-The Indian Express According to officials, this is a big shift in the work demand process—separating demand generating and implementing agencies—and is likely to change the way MGNREGA functions in the state. In what the Jharkhand government says is the first such move by any state, the Rural Development Ministry has started capturing work demand under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) through its social audit unit (SAU), generating nearly...

-The Hindu Rights panel acts on the basis of complaint by Congress MLA Debabrata Saikia GUWAHATI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ordered the Assam government to pay ₹1 lakh to a 48-year-old man who was thrashed more than a year ago in Biswanath district for selling cooked beef at his Tea stall at a weekly market. The order was issued on the basis of a complaint filed by Congress MLA Debabrata...

-The Hindu Our macroeconomic problems have created financial sector crisis periodically, says the former Reserve Bank of India Governor. In his first interaction with a journalist after stepping down from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), former Governor Urjit Patel spoke about his new book, Overdraft: Saving The Indian Saver, with Puja Mehra in a conversation on invitation from the Pune International Centre. Edited Excerpts. * What made you decide to write this...

-The India Forum Nandini Sundar Teaches at Delhi University. Gowhar Fazili Teaches at Ambedkar University Delhi. Academic freedom is about the right to study, Teach and research a diversity of viewpoints. Yet, this right that is so crucial for the pursuit of knowledge has seen widespread attacks in colleges and universities across India. The New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 claims it is based on principles that include creativity and critical thinking, constitutional values,...

-Newsclick.in “Timely salary payments for our labour is not merely a demand, but a right of the employees. It is outrageous to not clear the dues on time,” said the 47-year old Surendra Singh, a primary Teacher at an NDMC-run school in Delhi. A primary Teacher at a North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) run schools, who is to be accorded with the annual national Teachers’ award later this year, is among the...