Keonjhar: The district administration on Thursday launched a programme under the midday meal scheme to serve dual purposes – increase attendance in government-run schools and provide additional nutrition content in students’ diet.
The administration, from Thursday onwards, will serve eggs on a daily basis to the schoolchildren under the meal scheme. Read more
Courtesy: The Telegraph
The District Mineral Foundation (DMF) scheme is a people-centric vision of natural resource governance where people’s right to benefit has been put at the forefront. If developed and implemented well, DMFs not only have a huge potential for improving the lives and livelihoods of some of the poorest communities, they could also be a model for inclusive governance,” Sunita Narain, director general of Centre for Science and Environment(CSE),said while releasing CSE’s 2018 assessment report on the scheme here today. Read more
Courtesy: CSE
The Union mines ministry has urged state governments to carry out an audit of funds accruing to the District Mineral Foundation (DMF).
No state has prepared the annual reports on fund utilisation under DMF as mandated by the guidelines contained in the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY). Many of the DMFs are yet to be registered. Read more
Courtesy: Business Standard
जवा क्षेत्र के डेढ़ हजार गरीबों को बांटे गए थे खेती योग्य जमीनों के पट्टे, जर्जर हो गए भू-अधिकार पत्र, नहीं मिला जमीन पर कब्जा
रीवा. कहने को तो नौ एकड़ जमीन की मालकिन। भूख और प्यास मिटाने के लिए गांव की गलियों में लोगों के सामने गिड़गिड़ा रही हैं। आप यकीन नहीं करेंगे सरकारी सिस्टम का ऐसा जख्म की दो वक्त की रोटी के लिए जिंदगी से जंग लड़ रही हैं। हम बात कर रहे हैं डभौरा क्षेत्र के पुरवा गांव की दो बुजुर्ग महिलाएं छोटकइया और बडक़इया आदिवासी की।
जमीन के इंतजार में दुनिया से चल बसे 9 आदिवासी परिवार जिले के जवा तहसील के घुमन गांव के सुदामापुर गांव में 9 आदिवासियों को खेतिहर किसान बनाने के लिए करीब 81 एकड़ जमीन का पट्टा दिया गया था, लेकिन जमीन पर कब्जा नहीं मिला। पट्टे धारक के परिवार में मात्र दो महिलाएं बची हैं। छोटकइया और बडक़इया के नाम से सरकारी रेकॉर्ड में नौ एकड़ जमीन तो है, लेकिन उस पर गांव के ही लोगों का कब्जा है। Read more
Courtesy: Patrika
Mumbai: Police teams from different states are reported to have launched simultaneous raids at the homes of several people in Mumbai, Delhi, Ranchi, Goa and Hyderabad, including activists, priests, writers and lawyers.
Human rights advocate Sudha Bharadwaj’s home was raided and she was taken into custody this morning, sources told The Wire. According to the FIR, Bharadwaj has been charged under Sections 153a, 505, 117 and 120 of the IPC. Orders for the arrest came from Swargate police station, Pune, according to the police, and five policemen from Pune were part of the team that went to her house. Read more
Courtesy: The Wire
