How to avail monetary benefits under the Janani Suraksha Yojana for pregnant women

September 8, 2022

The Indian government’s Janani Suraksha Yojana provides one-time cash assistance of Rs 1,400 to rural pregnant women and Rs 1,000...

‘Just 4 states have funds left to provide employment under MGNREGA in current fiscal’

February 11, 2022

A group of activists have highlighted that only Maharashtra, Odisha, Goa and Mizoram have positive net balances to provide employment...

Their farmland turned barren due to polluting effluent, villagers in UP’s Mirzapur to boycott polls

February 10, 2022

Phase one of the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh gets underway. But in Jagapatti village of Mirzapur, the inhabitants say...

30% less fund allocation for rehabilitation of manual scavengers in Budget 2022

February 3, 2022

Officially, there are slightly more than 58,000 manual scavengers in India who, despite the ban, lift human excreta. Activists working...

Delhi’s anganwadi workers go on indefinite strike. What are their demands?

January 31, 2022

Hundreds of anganwadi workers assembled near Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence to demand an increase in honorarium, facilities such...

If children could vote: In poll-bound UP, high malnourishment but 66% POSHAN funds unutilised

January 29, 2022

With 41% of under-5 rural kids stunted and 33% underweight, government after government in Uttar Pradesh has made several changes...

India’s tiger reserve receives the prestigious award for doubling tigers in the wild

January 25, 2022

Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu has been awarded TX2 Awards after its tiger number doubled since 2010. Improving habitats,...

10-12 hours of hard labour a day to earn Rs 100: Child labour thrives in the brick kilns of Rajasthan

January 19, 2022

Deprived of nutrition, education and a safe environment, the number of child labourers in India is 10.1 million of which...

Uttarakhand Elections: Climate change-induced extreme events not a poll agenda for political parties

January 18, 2022

From Chamoli landslide to Kedarnath floods, Uttarakhand has witnessed umpteen disasters in recent times that have wreaked havoc on its...

Their fields cut off by dam’s water, farmers in UP’s Lalitpur demand govt to make way or buy their land

January 17, 2022

Although the Bhavani dam project will provide irrigation facilities to thousands of farmers in and around Lalitpur district in Uttar...