Centre seeks to revamp child care scheme in urban areas -Jagriti Chandra

-The Hindu NITI Aayog will develop draft policy, which will be circulated to the Ministries for consultations Urban areas are…

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Merely 4% of city's 2,064 homeless people aware of welfare schemes -Saurabh Prashar

-The Indian Express The survey, which was submitted to MC Commissioner KK Yadav, also concludes that 94.6 per cent people…

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How a ration shop in Dantewada is restoring normalcy by providing grains -Gargi Verma

-The Indian Express Thanks to the efforts of district police and administration, villagers are recovering from Naxal violence. Raipur: Twenty-eight-year…

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Civil society presses for an increase in budgetary allocation for MGNREGA in FY 2020-21

-Press release by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha dated 27 January, 2020 As the Indian economy continues to languish, the government ignores…

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The Continuing Practice of Untouchability in India: Patterns and Mitigating Influences -Amit Thorat & Omkar Joshi

-Economic and Political Weekly The caste (jati)-based practice of untouchability in India, shifting the focus from the victims of this…

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Fund crunch hits MGNREGA scheme -Priscilla Jebaraj

-The Hindu 96% of annual allocation exhausted. The Centre is on the verge of running out of funds for the…

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The Indian State's approach to CAA-NRC is flawed -Suraj Gogoi

-Hindustan Times In science, an anomaly in an experiment does not amount to abandoning a certain theory or method involved…

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Banking sector is stressed, govt in no position to bail it out: Abhijit Banerjee

-PTI * The author of ‘Good Economics for Hard Times’ added that the slowdown in the economy will also adversely…

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Green Bench seeks report on petition alleging groundwater contamination

-The Hindu Haryana pollution board told to file report within a month The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the…

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Law Ministry gives nod for Aadhaar Card linking with Voter ID: Take note of these new details -Debjit Sinha

-Financial Express Aadhaar Voter ID linking, seeding: It all began in August 2019 when the ECI wrote a letter addressed…

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Government must engage in a collaborative effort with farmer groups -Ajay Vir Jakhar

-The Indian Express There is an ambiguous provision to levy income tax on “dairying”. Either the provision should be removed…

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From Jan Breman, a Treasure Trove of Essential Analysis on Labour, Bondage and Capitalism -Jayati Ghosh

-TheWire.in Breman’s central finding about the close coexistence of capitalism and labour bondage contains remarkable nuggets of hope for transcendence.…

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Will the Budget suspend the FRBM's fiscal deficit goals? -Ajit Ranade & NR Bhanumurthy

-The Hindu Any fiscal deficit needs to ideally redirect spending priorities to capital from consumption With revenue receipts lagging behind…

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Ex-Chief Statistician Pronab Sen: For data credibility, need to fix calendar for its release -Aanchal Magazine & Anil Sasi

-The Indian Express As of now, the government does have a calender for release of data sets such as national…

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503 Lok Sabha MPs including Amit Shah failed to furnish property details: RTI reply -Vineet Upadhyay

-The New Indian Express According to members of the Lok Sabha Declaration of Assets Rules 2004, every member should declare…

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