-MGNREGA National Tracker (1 April-30 September 2021) by Peoples' Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG), released on 29th October 2021 Highlights of the Tracker: • The total budget allocation for NREGA is 34 percent less than the revised budget for the previous year. • Remaining Funds Can Cover At Most 13 Days of Employment per Household till March 31, 2022. • Pending liabilities from previous years amount to 17,180 crores, 23.53 percent of the total...
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Suicides among farm workers rose 18% in 2020
-The Hindu However, suicides among landowning farmers dropped slightly during Pandemic year The number of agricultural labourers who died by suicide in 2020 was 18% higher than the previous year, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report released on Thursday. However, suicides among landowning farmers dropped slightly during the Pandemic year. The farm sector was one of the few bright spots in the Indian economy last year, recording growth on the...
More »Suicides increase 10% to highest since 1967, accidental deaths down 11%: National data -Abhishek Jha
-Hindustan Times Among those who died by suicide, students and small entrepreneurs saw the biggest jump, supporting anecdotal accounts of stress How did the Covid-19 Pandemic affect accidental deaths and suicides in India? The 2020 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report released on October 28 confirms intuitive wisdom on this question. While the number of road accidents and associated deaths fell sharply, suicides saw a large increase. Among those who died by...
More »Delhi HC issues summons to Baba Ramdev on lawsuit filed by doctors’ association for alleged misinformation
-Hindustan Times “From the perusal of the clips, there is definitely a case for the institution of the suit. They (plaintiffs) may have nothing for an injunction but the case is not frivolous,” Justice C Hari Shankar said. The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued summons to Yoga guru Ramdev in connection with a lawsuit filed by many doctors' associations for his alleged spreading of misinformation against allopathy during the times of...
More »Carbon dioxide emissions in 2020 above decadal average
-The Hindu Pandemic disruption didn’t significantly dent overall greenhouse gas emissions A report from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on Monday said the increase in CO2 from 2019 to 2020 was slightly lower than that observed from 2018 to 2019 but higher than the average annual growth rate over the last decade. This is despite the approximately 5.6% drop in fossil fuel CO2 emissions in 2020 due to restrictions related to the...
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