The Moving Upstream: Luni program is a continuation of Veditum’s Moving Upstream fellowship program which we co-host with the Out of Eden Walk. For the Luni program, we are partnering with the School of Pubic Policy at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, and this effort is supported by A4Store & Out of Eden Walk. The aim is to document the river and life in and around it, the impact of man-made...
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Maharashtra Nutrition Month: Minister Says Government Positive On Anganwadi Workers honorarium Hike
-PTI/ Livemint.com Rubal Agrawal, commissioner of state Women and Child Welfare department, said 'nutrition month' will be celebrated in all 1.10 lakh anganwadis in the state from September 1 to 30. The fifth state level 'nutrition month' programme was launched on Thursday in Thane by Maharashtra Women and Child Development Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha. He said the state government was positive about increasing the honorarium of anganwadi workers and a decision would...
More »Why do unethical pharma practices thrive? -T Srikrishna and S Srinivasan
-The Hindu Business Line The laws concerned are riddled with loopholes. A mandatory, enforceable code for ethical pharmaceutical marketing is a must The recent kerfuffle over a particular brand of the painkiller paracetamol 650 mg tablet is not really over the particular brand as much as about the unethical marketing tactics of the pharmaceutical industry in India. Gone are the days when a mere ball-point pen or a diary from a medical representative...
More »Haryana: Midday meal workers in wage cry, Centre blames state -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph According to a proposal approved by the cabinet, the central government’s share of the honorarium will remain unchanged till 2025 For 50-year-old Saroj, supporting her four-member family with a paltry honorarium of Rs 3,500 a month she gets for cooking food at a government primary school in Haryana is a daily struggle. “I have two daughters and a son. All of them are studying in government schools. Neither can I provide...
More »Delhi Anganwadi Workers up the Ante Against Kejriwal, Vow To Expose 'Hollow Promises' -Sumedha Pal
-TheWire.in The workers slammed the Aam Aadmi Party for ignoring their demands for months, even as it makes tall promises to counterparts who are engaged in the scheme in poll-bound states like Punjab and Goa. New Delhi: Anganwadi workers in Delhi say that Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have ignored their demands for months but are making tall promises to counterparts who are engaged in the scheme in poll-bound...
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