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Sruti M.D.
TN: Differently-Abled Claim Discrimination by State Government in Pongal Cash Gift
08 Jan 2021
The state revenue department officials had earlier turned down the demand on grounds that the Pongal cash amount is given for celebrations and does not come under any social security scheme.
Shinzani Jain
India Needs Stronger, Wider Public Procurement Policy to Feed the Poor
28 Dec 2020
The ongoing struggle of the farmers agitating for the repeal of the three controversial laws in Delhi is growing into a mass movement, with increasing support from different classes of farmers, agr
Ravi Kaushal
Farmers’ Protest: Land is not Just an Economic Affair, but an Emotional One Too
03 Dec 2020
Vikram Gill, a farmer who is part of the protest, makes Rs 25,480 a year from seven acres of farmland. There are reasons why he chooses to hold on to his land.
Ramdas Rupavath
Tribal Development: Deprivation, Poverty, Dispossession
05 Oct 2020
Decentralisation as a means to empower local people by involving them in decision-making needs to be revisited.
Kashif Kakvi
MP Govt Distributed Grains Similar to Animal Feed to Poor During Lockdown, Says Union Govt
02 Sep 2020
The letter which was sent to the state government on August 21, 2020 further said that the report has been prepared on the basis of 32 samples collected from Balaghat and Mandla districts.
Newsclick Report
Janta Parliament on Food and Nutrition Demands Universal Food Entitlements After Pandemic
18 Aug 2020
School and anganwadi children across India have not been uniformly provided dry rations or cooked meals during the pandemic-induced lockdown, the session organised by the Right to Food Campaign said.
Kashif Kakvi
Bhopal: Nearly 20,000 BPL Cardholders’ Names Deleted from List in Feb, Claims Gas-hit Victims’ Body
25 Jul 2020
The organisation claimed that the department deleted BPL cardholders’ names, mostly consisting BGT victims, without conducting any scrutiny in February 2020, and the database hasn’t been updated…
Newsclick Team
India, COVID and the Right to Food
15 Jul 2020
Professor Dipa Sinha, from Ambedkar University -Delhi (AUD) and the Right to Food Campaign-India, speaks on the impacts of the COVID lockdown in India on the food and nutrition status of the working…
Newsclick Team
Cash Transfers Won’t Work: Dipa Sinha
30 Jun 2020
Economist Dipa Sinha, who is a professor with the School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University, in Delhi, told NewsClick that this is the right opportunity for the government to strengthen the…
Tripti Kumari
COVID-19 in Rural India-XXXIX: Lockdown Has Affected Income and Food Security in Bihar’s Bairiya Village
09 Jun 2020
This is the 39th report in a series that provides glimpses into the impact of COVID-19-related policies on life in rural India.