Poverty

Siddharth Varadarajan “Supreme Court should not go into realm of policy formulation” New Delhi: The government will do all it can to provide affordable food to those below the poverty line but cannot implement the Supreme Court's order to give free foodgrains to the poor, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday. In an interaction with a small group of editors at his residence — his f

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Anindo Dey | TNN Jaipur: Once lauded as a model state for implementation of MGNREGA — the flagship programme of the UPA government — the state is on the backfoot nowadays as far as the scheme is concerned. Even as the Opposition BJP and the ruling Congress try to extract political mileage out of sarpanches agitation, at stake is the very scheme that has not only reduced the migration of la

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KOLKATA, 5 SEPT: It’s official now.

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BHUBANESWAR: Use of machines in place of labourers in NREGS works was detected by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) at many places in the State during the last financial year. Taking strong exception to the practice, the CAG maintained in its latest report that in Mayurbhanj and Jajpur districts unauthorised use machines like excavators in execution of works, as alleged by the public, w

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GUWAHATI, Sept 5 – The State Government should undertake initiatives to provide shelter to the poor Guwahatians under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission’s (JNNURM’s) Basic Service to Urban Poor (BSUP) scheme to solve the city’s flash flood problem.

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Jamshedpur, Sept.

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