Odisha Dalit engg student works as NREGS worker to pay for college
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Bhubaneswar, Jan 25 : A Dalit girl in Odisha has been working as a labourer under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) to pay for her pending dues in a private engineering college to get her diploma certificate.
Loji Behera of Goradapidha village under Pipili block in Puri district is working as an MGNREGA labourer to earn money so that she can pay her college dues of Rs 25,000 to obtain the certificate.
The college authorities have withheld her certificate as she could not clear her dues.
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New Delhi: The top 100 billionaires in India earned Rs 12.98 lakh crore in the 10 months starting March 2020, when the Covid-19 lockdown first kicked in, while around 92 million people lost their jobs in the informal sector in the first two months, international NGO network Oxfam has said in a report. Â
Titled âThe Inequality Virusâ, the report seeks to assess the impact of Covid-19 on inequality around the world. It was released Monday, the opening day of the World Economic Forumâs âDavos Dialoguesâ. Â
The report also comprises a survey of 295 economists from 79 countries, which reveals that 87 per cent of the respondents expect an âincreaseâ or a âmajor increaseâ in income inequality in their country as a result of the pandemic, which wreaked havoc on the economies of nations worldwide.
Indian agricultural workers demonstrate against anti-farmer laws
Women show their support for the farmers
Agricultural workers across India will protest today and tomorrow, January 7 and 8, in solidarity with the ongoing struggle of farmers against the contentious farm laws.
As part of the call given by All India Agricultural Workers’ Union (AIAWU), president A Vijayaraghavan and general secretary B Venkat have appealed to the agricultural workers to hold protests at the village, panchayat, block and district levels as well as at the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme workplaces.
Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and recently joined by farmers from Maharashtra, have been protesting against the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act at five borders of the natio
Farmers tractor march deferred to Thurs, talks may yield no result KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 12/30/2020 10:38:26 AM
NEW DELHI, Dec 29: Ahead of their talks with the government on Wednesday, the protesting farmer unions on Tuesday deferred the farmers tractor march into the national capital against the contentious farm laws to ensure it does not clash with the talks, sixth in the round of negotiations going on since November 26 with no give and take by either side.
The two sides will be on the negotiation table after three weeks of deadlock since December 8 night when Home Minister Amit Shah stepped in but without any success as the farmers did not buy his offers on MSP and other issues, insisting on repeal of the laws as the only condition to end the agitation.
Curry leaves and fruit bearing saplings to houses
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CM reviews Palle Pragathi
CM reviews Palle Pragathi
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has asked officials to supply saplings of curry leaves plant and fruit bearing plants to houses in villages under Palle Pragathi programme.
Reviewing the implementation of the programme, he asked officials to give top priority to improve greenbelt in villages. Apart from ₹ five lakh allotted to each village for creation of natural forest in villages and availability of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme funds at their disposal, the government had earmarked 10 % of budget of gram panchayats for green belt improvement. The money should be used for the purpose.