- Scroll.in The right to work has been suspended in the state as a result of a political battle over upcoming elections. People working under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in West Bengal have not been paid their wages for more than a year now with the Union government stopping the payment of funds. Bengal is the only state impacted by this stoppage, Scroll.in reports. MGNREGA is a national...
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Explained: Why India’s economic growth slowed in the July-September quarter -nachiket Deuskar
-Scroll.in The fading away of the base effect and a contraction in the manufacturing sector led to the falling numbers. India’s gross domestic product grew by 6.3% in the July-September quarter of financial year 2022-’23, the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation said on Wednesday. This was a sharp decrease from the 13.5% growth in the previous April-June quarter. In the corresponding July-September quarter of financial year 2021-’22, the growth rate was...
More »No meal, class for 3 months in Jharkhand school -Animesh Bisoee
-The Telegraph Matter comes to light after pramukh’s surprise visit to state institution Jamshedpur: Students of a state-owned school in a rebel-hit block of West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand have been deprived of mid-day meal for over three months. The mid-day meal also known as PM-POSHAN (Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman) is covered by the National Food Security Act 2013 making it legal entitlement while the federal government is committed to yielding “adequate...
More »Amid shortage of AIDS drug, UT relies on nearby states -Naina Mishra
-The Tribune Patients being provided medicines for one month only Chandigarh: Reeling under a shortage of medicines used in the treatment of patients infected with HIV, the Chandigarh Health Department is relying on other states to meet the demand. There are 231 HIV positive patients in the city, of whom six are pregnant women. The adult HIV prevalence in Chandigarh has decreased from 0.5% in 2003 to 0.25 % in 2006 and has...
More »Use of App to Record MGNREGA Attendance ‘Violation’ of Worker Rights, Act
-Newsclick.in The PAEG has said that workers are entitled to wages on a piece-rate, not time-rate, basis. The Peoples’ Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG) has opposed the rural development ministry’s May 13 order discontinuing manual attendance at Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme worksites with more than 20 workers and replacing it with the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) app. Terming the decision as a violation of law that will...
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