-The Financial Express MGNREGA must be tweaked in implementation, not design. Before his tragic demise, the Union minister for rural development, Gopinath Munde, gave a clear indication of the new government's priorities on MGNREGA. Both these priorities are vital: using the programme for the creation of productive assets to combat drought and poverty and ensuring timely payment of wages. More than two decades of liberalisation and high economic growth have left India...
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Over 20% of young Indians are jobless -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: More than 20 per cent of Indians in the 15-24 age group were jobless and seeking work, according to startling data released on Tuesday by Census 2011. In absolute terms, this army of unemployed youth is staggeringly huge - around 4.7 crore of which 2.6 crore were men and 2.1 crore women. These definitive figures for 2011 reveal the deep and pervasive unemployment that has gripped India...
More »UP sees a big jump in crime against women
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: The Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh may be blaming it on political conspiracy for the "selective focus" on crimes in Uttar Pradesh but here are cold statistics - the latest data from National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) reveals that total number of crime incidents have risen to 21 lakh in 2013 from 18 lakh in 2012, when the party came to power. Crime against women escalated...
More »Power-hit farmers in AP to get solar pump-sets
-The Hindu Move to overcome problems faced due to a huge gap in demand and supply Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh): The State government decided to supply solar pump-sets on subsidised prices to overcome the power crisis being faced by farmers due to a huge gap in demand and supply. The Union government has allocated 1,000 pump-sets to both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The residuary State of AP would get around 6,00 sets each costing...
More »'Upper caste villagers grab dalits' farmland by proxy' -Amaninder Pal Sharma
-The Times of India PATIALA: Dalits in Punjab are being used as proxy bidders by upper caste peasants to corner thousands of acres of agricultural village land that should ideally be rented out only to scheduled caste members. This practice has been exposed by the Punjab State scheduled caste Commission in its report on the boycott of dalits in Baupur village by upper caste members. The state government gives out agricultural...
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