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Ahead of budget, economists demand increase in social security pension and maternity benefitsAccording to a letter, the central government's contribution to old-age pensions under the National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS) has stag...- School lockdowns have robbed a generation of upward mobility in IndiaThe School Children’s Online and Offline Learning, or SCHOOL, survey, overseen by a group of economists including Jean Dreze and Reetika Kh...
- Parents of poor children in India want schools to reopen as soon as possible, says new surveyThe report was based on the survey of nearly 1,400 school children. The report has been prepared by economists Jean Dreze and Reetika Khera...
- Salary data reveals even Covid couldn't change corporate India's deep disparityThe numbers for 2019-20 showed that at a time when company after company executed pay cuts and fired employees during the Covid-ravaged mon...
- Saving Indian economy: How best to repair Covid damageThose who harbour expectations of a relatively speedier revival pin their hopes on a boost to middle-class sentiments.
- As Covid stalls NFHS-5 operations, data collectors wait for pending duesHeads of research firms said the money is necessary to pay their data analysts and on-field researchers, particularly when they had incurre...
- Kamal Nath government’s egg proposal for children may fail April 1 testThe finance department has refused to allocate any extra funds for the proposal and asked the WCD department to work with its existing budg...
- After Sonia Gandhi, DMK's Kanimozhi raises the issue of delayed and reduced maternity benefitsIn states like Tamil Nadu and Odisha, maternity benefits are relatively superior, both in terms of what they offer, and the number of benef...
- Odisha’s maternal health scheme doing better: SurveyThe Jaccha-Baccha Survey (JABS), conducted by student volunteers in June 2019, took place in six states—Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jha...
- Economic Agenda 2019: Putting Aadhaar back in the loopIt had come to be regarded as a means of bringing millions into the banking system, expanding mobile connectivity and boosting digital tran...
- Aadhaar view: A let-down, but dissenting view is reason for hopeThe Aadhaar verdict is disappointing, but I am not dejected or defeated by today’s verdict. There are two reason for this — one, there is s...
- Aadhaar’s $11-bn question: The numbers being touted by govt have no solid basisModi govt widely quotes World Bank’s alleged estimates of UID-based savings. But this not the first time that World Bank economists skate o...
- Modi government makes Aadhaar number compulsory for budding entrepreneurs to register new businessModi government has made it compulsory for any budding entrepreneur to submit her or his Aadhaar number in order to register a new business.
- On Socio Economic and Caste Census: This is not...an entirely wasted exercise, says economist Jean DrezeThe SECC needed two personnel and one digital tablet each to enter responses that would automatically upload data every day to the central ...
- Many health ministry consultants paid by foreign aid agenciesGovt seems very wary of foreign funding for NGOs, but its own health ministry has hundreds of consultants who are on the pay of external ai...
- Food Security Bill may not be an election game- changer for UPAState governments will be in charge of implementing the NFSB, through their respective public distribution systems (PDS).
- UPA’s ‘game-changer’ a bid to cut subsidies: ActivistsCivil society organizations announced their opposition of the government's move towards cash transfers in place of subsidy schemes for the ...
- Impressive improvement in PDS, leakage down to 10-15%: KV ThomasEconomic Survey prepared by FinMin had indicated that over 40% of the grain meant for distribution to the poor does not reach them.
- Labour Freedom Won, Battle On Against Wage Delays:Reetika KheraThe Battle for Employment Guarantee, edited by IIT Delhi professor Reetika Khera, takes a look at the employment guarantee scheme's journey...
- Economic Survey finds food leakages in PDS too highThe survey said supply of rice and wheat will have to be doubled if the proposed National Food Security Act for the targeted group is imple...
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