-Down to Earth Zero funds to Bengal, Lakshadweep this year, Centre admits in Parliament; activists ask to use pre-existing mechanisms to handle graft Millions of workers employed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) have not received wages for months. Workers from West Bengal are especially affected, with 13.2 million people unpaid for seven months. Bengal is the only state that received no funds under the 100-day work scheme in...
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Electric vehicles: 76 charging stations in Chandigarh, none working -Dushyant Singh Pundir
-The Tribune UT Admn yet to fix rates | Tendering process on to pick firm Chandigarh: The UT Administration has installed 76 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the city, but none of these has Been made operational so far. The Centre had sanctioned 48 charging stations for Chandigarh under Phase I of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME) India scheme. As many as 28 fast-charging stations out of...
More »Prices of Food Items Rising Unchecked… -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in …while the government continues to remain clueless. By the end of June, wheat and flour prices were on fire with an incredible 10% inflation rate, according to the latest data available with the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI). That means prices were 10% higher than in June last year. Just six months ago, in January, the inflation rate for wheat was 5.1%—uncomfortable but not yet lethal. This devastating rise...
More »Verification Drive or Raid? Rohingya in Haryana Accuse Cops of Harassment and Brutality -Astha Savyasachi
-TheWire.in Though the police superintendent claims his officers were 'sensitised' before arriving at the refugee camps on July 26, residents tell a different tale. Nuh (Haryana): Before the break of dawn on July 26, 10 police jeeps and six police buses encircled the 10 Rohingya refugee camps in the Nuh district of Haryana. More than 600 policemen walked into the camps and allegedly barged into each jhuggi, pushing people out of their...
More »Around 12 Crore Persons 60+ Years Old; 85% Not Covered by Pension -Pulkit Sharma |
-Newsclick.in After BJP came to power in 2014, there has Been no change in the coverage or amount disbursed under various pension schemes; inflation too not taken into account. New Delhi: There has Been no change in the scope and amount of National Pension Schemes since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in 2014. According to the data released by the National Social Assistance Programme of the Ministry of Rural...
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