Budget 2021: Rs 1,731 billion gap in allocation for Dalits and tribal communities; guidelines not followed: National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights
‘Dalit Adivasi Budget Analysis 2021-22’ by the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights shows a total gap in allocation of Rs 1,128.63 billion under Schedule Caste budget and Rs 602.47 billion under Schedule Tribe budget. There is an urgent need to allocate and implement the stipulated percentage of funds, it says.
Nidhi Jamwal
Budget 2021: Jal Jeevan Mission Urban launched, Rs 287,000 crore allocated for five years. Meanwhile, only 34% rural households get tap water
After launching Jal Jeevan Mission Rural in 2019, the Modi government has launched Jal Jeevan Mission Urban in Budget 2021. Experts have welcomed it, but the real challenge lies in source sustainability and the quality of water supply. At present, only 34% rural households get tap water under Jal Jeevan Mission Rural.
Nidhi Jamwal
Union Budget 2021: Funds to tackle air pollution slashed by half. About 1.69 million people annually die in India due to air pollution
In the last Budget 2020, a sum of Rs 4,400 crore was allocated towards controlling air pollution, but this largely remained unutilised. In the Budget 2021-22, the allocation has been reduced to Rs 2,217 crore, a drop of 50 per cent.
Nidhi Jamwal
Farmers’ Rally: “I have come to Mumbai to get 7/12 of my land.” Tribal farmers from Palghar, Maharashtra demand land titles under the Forest Rights Act
Over 15,000 farmers from across Maharashtra, led by the All India Kisan Sabha, are in Mumbai demanding settlement of their 7/12 land titles, repeal of the three farm laws, a central law on MSP, resumption of loan waiver scheme and repeal of the new labour codes.
Nidhi Jamwal
Thousands of Maharashtra farmers protesting the new farm laws to reach Mumbai today. Likely to submit a memorandum to the Governor tomorrow
Over 15,000 farmers, led by the All India Kisan Sabha, Maharashtra, started their vehicle march from Nashik on January 23 and are set to reach Mumbai this evening. Among other things, they are demanding a repeal of the three new agri laws.
Nidhi Jamwal
Women Farmer’s Day: 7 out of 10 rural women in India work in the agriculture sector under highly exploitative working conditions
It is Mahila Kisan Diwas. And thousands of women farmers, protesting for the last 55 days in Delhi against the new farm laws, are avoiding eating food and drinking water in sufficient quantities to delay having to use washrooms, due to lack of adequate toilet facilities.
Nidhi Jamwal
Cyclone Nivar, Cyclone Burevi and now heavy January rainfall; Tamil Nadu farmers never had it this bad before
Two back-to-back cyclones — Nivar and Burevi — destroyed over thousands hectares of crops in the southern state. Several farmers claim they are yet to be compensated for those crop losses. And now record-breaking January rainfall has mounted their losses.
Nidhi Jamwal
Tamil Nadu receives highest January rainfall in last 100 years; heavy crop losses in Cauvery delta
Tamil Nadu’s normal January rainfall is 18 mm. Already, this month, the state has received 124.8 mm. The previous heaviest recorded rainfall was 141.2 mm in January 1921, and the state looks all set ready to break that record.
Nidhi Jamwal
India has over two million underpaid anganwadi workers. The Badaun gangrape victim was one of them.
Like the Badaun gangrape victim, there are more than 2.6 million frontline women workers who run over 1.36 million anganwadis across India. Their crucial work on early childcare remains underpaid and unrecognised.
Nidhi Jamwal
More than four people died every day in India in 2020 due to extreme weather events: IMD report
Cyclone, heavy rainfall, flood, thunderstorms and lightning, cold wave — the India Meteorological Department documents loss of at least 1,680 lives in the country last year due to high impact weather events. Also, 12 out of 15 warmest years in India were between 2006 and 2020.