OUR LIFE 30% less fund allocation for rehabilitation of manual scavengers in Budget 2022 Officially, there are slightly more than 58,000 manual scavengers in India who, despite the
NEWS ETC Health sector gets Rs 86,606 crore in Budget 2022; public health experts say “not enough” The Budget Estimate 2022-23 has allocated Rs 86,606 crore to the health sector, which
Governance If children could vote: In poll-bound UP, high malnourishment but 66% POSHAN funds unutilised With 41% of under-5 rural kids stunted and 33% underweight, government after government in
NEWS ETC UP’s villages might vote again on caste and religion. But what they desperately want: clean water. Clean and available water has never been a dominant election issue for any party
NEWS ETC UP govt promises hike in honorarium of anganwadi workers ahead of polls; the workers want the assurance in writing Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced an increase in the monthly honorarium of anganwadi workers
OUR ENVIRONMENT Hasdeo Aranya coal mining controversy heats up; Chhattisgarh HC stays land acquisition for a coal block After the environment ministry approved the coal mining in Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo forest, more than
NEWS ETC UP CM Adityanath assures 24×7 power supply across state; 1/10th of rural households yet to be electrified Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced that efforts are underway to ensure
NEWS ETC Govt teachers, sanitation workers in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh strongly protest the new pension scheme Thousands of government employees, including teachers, sanitation and anganwadi workers, from across Uttar Pradesh
Health Anaemia in children on the rise in India; 72.7% under-5 kids in rural Madhya Pradesh anaemic According to the National Family Health Survey-5 (2020-21) released today, child nutrition indicators have
NEWS ETC Kisan Mahapanchayat: Compensation for dead farmers, MSP guarantee, Seed Bill; farmer leader Rakesh Tikait lists key issues Thousands of farmers gathered in Lucknow today, November 22, to highlight that the year-long
