The UID in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act may simplify the administrator's task, but will not make a poor man's task any easier. EVERY time there is talk of tinkering with the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), it is time we recalled how and why the Act came into existence. The passage of the NREGA was Parliament's response to a people's movement that grew out of the recognition and...
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Punjab's 'maharaja' is farming king in Argentina
-IANS A Punjab-origin man in Argentina, who started a peanut farm a few years ago, has gone on to become the 'uncrowned king' of rice, soya and corn plantations in South America. Simmarpal Singh's company Olam, based in Singapore and run by people of Indian origin, is one of the major rice traders of the world, says R Viswanathan, India's ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. "The Argentines admire this young Indian's dynamism...
More »SC, ST families told to get individual household toilets constructed
-The Hindu Social Welfare Minister A. Narayanaswamy on Friday asked Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) families across the State to get individual household toilets constructed under the Total Sanitation Campaign or the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. He said they would be denied the statutory benefits they were enjoying if they failed to comply with this direction. Awareness would be created among such families on the importance of...
More »UID glitch hits senior citizens by Neelam Pandey
The government’s much-hyped scheme of issuing a unique identification number (UID) to citizens has hit a roadblock in Delhi. Many senior citizens are facing difficulties as the biometric Machines are unable to read their fingerprints. Said an operator recording fingerprints in GK-I, “Due to old age, the lines on fingers virtually disappear and the Machines are unable to register them. But we have been told to follow the rules.” “I stood...
More »Tragedy exposes hospital plight by Vivek Chhetri
The Bijanbari bridge collapse has brought to the fore the lack of basic amenities at the hill hospitals, whose staff were yesterday praised by the chief minister for their efficiency in tackling the emergency that arose out of the accident. But the healthcare system needs more than just praise. Basic equipment like CT scan and MRI Machines have not yet been installed at the Darjeeling district hospital while the Bijanbari rural...
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