-The Telegraph The Union Budget reveals glaring gaps in allocations for education Appearances can be deceptive. On the face of it, education has been allotted Rs 1,04,278 crore — a rise of Rs 11,054 crore from 2021-2022 — in this year’s budget. However, this still amounts to just above 3 per cent of the gross domestic product, falling far short of the 6 per cent public investment recommended by the National Education...
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Budget allocation defeats spirit of rural job scheme, says report -Achintya Ganguly
-The Telegraph NREGA Watch finds low funds, delayed wage payment defeating spirit Ranchi: Frustrating budget allocation, delayed payment of wages and contractors-middlemen-official nexus, among other factors, are defeating the spirit of the rural job scheme under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 in Jharkhand. A report card released on WednesDay by NREGA Watch, an NGO monitoring the scheme in the state, on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of commencement...
More »Three questions which capture India’s medium-term economic challenge -Roshan Kishore and Vineet Sachdev
-Hindustan Times By prioritizing long-term growth via a capital spending push, the budget has underplayed the need for urgent steps to boost short-term consumption demand. Immediate analyses of the Union Budget are always focused on the headline numbers which the document contains. While these numbers are important , it is essential to take a big picture view of the economy to examine the validity of the budget’s larger premise. Such an exercise...
More »CSO disappointed with low MGNREGA allocation in the Union Budget 2022-23
-Press release by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha dated 2 February, 2022 Notwithstanding the rural distress, implementing NREGA is a legal obligation of the Central government. However, the demand-driven nature of the Act has been repeatedly stifled in letter and spirit. By severe rationing of funds, it has been made a supply driven programme. ToDay is NREGA diwas and while we are supposed to be celebrating the idea of rural employment guarantee, we...
More »Mid-Day Meal Scheme to include millets
-IndiaToDay.in Mid-Day Meal Scheme will be including millets in order to enhance the nutrition among children, said the Minister of State for Education, Annpurna Devi. Mid-Day meal will include millets (coarse grains) soon, said the Minister of State for Education, Annpurna Devi in a written reply to Rajya Sabha on WednesDay. The Central Government requested State Governments/Union Territory Administrations under PM POSHAN Scheme to include millet in the midDay meal in order...
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