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Why Ragpickers, Unrecognised And Unpaid, Are Critical For Waste ...
May 12, 2017 · Why rag-picking is a free but critical civic service. Ragpickers actually complement the work of civic bodies, Shashi Bhushan Pandit, who runs the All India Kabadi Mazdoor Mahasangh, pointed out in this March 2016 interview. “According to the law under which a municipality is set up, it places dustbins according to the size of the population.
Budget Explainer: India's Public School Funding Strategy
Jan 26, 2021 · Jaipur: India needs to spend 6% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on education, every national education policy (NEP) since 1968 has said.In 2019-20, 52 years since that recommendation, India spent only 3.1% of its GDP on education, the 2019-20 …
Why There Have Been So Few Women In India's Administrative …
Jan 5, 2022 · "Gender equality is at the core of an inclusive and accountable public administration", noted the 2021 report of the United Nations Development Program, 'Gender Equality In Public Administration'. Ensuring equal representation of women in bureaucracy and public administration improves the functioning of the government, makes it more responsive and accountable to diverse public interests ...
List of Tables, Figures, Boxes, Appendices and Abbreviations v Foreword xiii Preface xv 1. The Microfinance Industry: Towards a New Order 1 2. Financing in Times of Pandemic: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward 15
Explained: The Fine-Print In Modi Govt’s Rooftop Solar
Mar 16, 2024 · IndiaSpend wrote to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for comments on the concerns around rooftop solar. We will update this story when we receive a response. Sunshine sector. India ranks fifth in the world in solar power installed capacity. It has pledged to have 50% of its cumulative electricity installed capacity from non-fossil fuels by …
3 Workers Die Every Day In Indian Factories, Govt Data Show
Jan 21, 2023 · In late November 2022, IndiaSpend met injured workers and relatives of workers who have died in accidents in factories and construction sites in Delhi and Ahmedabad, to understand the barriers to recovery and redress. Safety at factories is often lax, support after an accident is inadequate, and financial and job insecurity and government apathy make pursuing a case against owners and/or ...
In 12 Years, 11 States Changed Land Ceiling Laws In Favour
Feb 10, 2021 · In Karnataka, the amendments began in 2015 when the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government increased the maximum income of a buyer of agricultural land from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 25 lakh. Then, in November 2020, the B.S. Yeddyurappa-led Bharatiya Janata Party government removed the limit altogether. State revenue minister R. Ashoka, while announcing the changes, said that the government was "amending ...
Explained: The Case For Food Subsidies In India - IndiaSpend
Mar 3, 2022 · Since the CIP is less than the MSP, the difference is covered by the food subsidy, which is transferred to the FCI each year. A statutory body created by the Food Corporation of India Act of 1964, the FCI was established for the "purchase, storage, movement, transport, distribution and sale of foodgrains and other foodstuffs".Besides getting money from the government directly, it has in the ...
How Indore Became India’s Cleanest City (And How Others Can …
Oct 2, 2019 · Indore, Madhya Pradesh: Every morning, garbage vans across Indore play the celebratory song, “Indore hua hai number one (Indore has become number one),” sung by Bollywood singer Shaan in 2017, when Indore was ranked first of 471 towns and cities on the government’s Swachhata Sarvekshan (cleanliness survey ) rankings. “Every day the garbage van makes its way from one end of the street ...