Inhuman conditions at Gondia’s tribal hostel by Diwakar Phatak
Nearly 110 students of different classes packed in the hostel for tribals which has a capacity of only 75 are…
Category: Climate Resilience
So who’s here for the tribals? by NC Saxena
Tribal communities are vulnerable not only because they are poor, assetless and illiterate compared to the general population, their distinct…
No RTI exemption on panel formation: CIC by Tanu Sharma
The government cannot seek exemption of its orders constituting a committee for a specific purpose under the Right to Information…
Private schools move HC, seek stay on RTE implementation by Madhuri Kumar
The state government and private school administrations in the state are at loggerheads with the government reiterating its stand to…
2,639 Orissa farmers committed suicide in ten years
A total of 2,639 farmers killed themselves in Orissa in the past ten years, the state’s Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout…
Attempted suicide by farmers: Main accused a relative
Investigation into the attempted suicide by five members of a farmer’s family in Sanand on Monday has revealed that the…
EGoM fixes complex fertiliser prices for FY12
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on fertilisers today approved the prices of complex fertilisers for the upcoming financial year…
Probe confirms anomalies under MGNREGS in Sonbhadra by Swati Mathur
Results of an investigation report filed by senior government of India officials have confirmed largescale anomalies in the implementation of…
NREGS workers set to get govt health insurance cover by Surabhi
In a significant expansion of its health insurance scheme for the poor, the government has decided to bring workers under…
UN agency creates tool to mitigate agriculture’s contribution to global warming
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has initiated a programme to improve global information on greenhouse gas emissions…
Transfer of power
This budget season, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is stuck juggling multiple imperatives. Big social-sector schemes are soaking up money; yes,…
China: drought will not impact global prices by Ananth Krishnan
Abundant reserves, says Beijing $1.96-billion relief effort under way China on Tuesday said a record drought across its major wheat-producing…
Backward districts clueless on potential of MNREGA
There is no dearth of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), but Karnataka’s record of…
Congress banks on Budget to stem anger over scams, prices
Corruption and inflation, the bugbears of UPA-2, dominated discussions Congress functionaries held with finance minister Pranab Mukherjee amid expectations from…
Price rise: trade unions to march to Parliament
Members of eight major central trade unions and independent workers’/employees’ federations will march to Parliament on February 23 to protest…