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  1. 'I Get Hungry By 11 am But I'm Still Working': Rural Wages Stagnated During Modi's 10-Year Tenure

    As per economic think-tank ICRIER, during the Modi government’s first term, growth in real rural wages for farm and non-farm sectors declined to 3% and 3.3% respectively. However, during the Modi government’s second term, the situation worsened as growth turned negative: -0.6% for farm wages and -1.4% for non-farm wages. Rohit Inani writes.

    #RuralWages #ICRIER #labour #agriculture #RuralIndia #economy #demonetisation #covid19 #governance #WelfareSchemes #UnionGovt #india

    thewire.in/economy/i-get-hungr

  2. Sensitive Defence Airport in Jamnagar Gets International Tag for Anant Ambani's Wedding Bash

    The international tag to the Indian Air Force airport, which is located close to the Pakistan border, was given for February 25 to March 5, so that guests invited to the wedding can land close to the venue.

    #gujarat #jamnagar #AmbaniWedding #IAF #JamnagarAirport #AnantAmbani #ambanis #defence #security #wealth #business #reliance #billionaires #BJP #UnionGovt #india

    thewire.in/government/sensitiv

  3. Centre asks to study delisting Kukis, Zomis from ST list

    A representation was sent to Union Tribal Affairs Minister by the Republican Party of India (Athawale) National Secretary in Imphal. The Centre forwarded it to State.

    #manipur #ManipurViolence #UnionGovt #kukis #zomis #KukiZos #ST #meiteis #BJPStates #india

    thehindu.com/news/national/cen

  4. Manipur tribal body gives Centre two weeks’ ultimatum for separate administration for Kuki-Zos

    The Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum said after the deadline, it will set up a ‘self-government whether the Centre recognises it or not’.

    #manipur #ITLF #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #UnionGovt #BJPStates #india

    scroll.in/latest/1059165/manip

  5. ‘Weren’t paid a paisa for our labour:’ MGNREGA workers from West Bengal ready to protest today

    A temporary tent has been set up to house the 4,000-odd beneficiaries and party members, mattresses line the floor as far as the eye can see and fans whir fruitlessly trying to beat the humid September afternoon heat.

    indianexpress.com/article/citi

    #WestBengal #MGNREGA #agriculture #farmers #wages #governance #rights #WelfareSchemes #UnionGovt #india

  6. Book review: A scathing indictment of what was done by an administration to a people unprepared for a pandemic

    A review of Harsh Mander's 'Burning Pyres, Mass Graves and a State That Failed Its People: India’s Covid Tragedy'. As he journals the length and breadth of India, one cannot help but give Mr Mander credit for the number and range of real-life anecdotes he has attempted to document here.

    financialexpress.com/lifestyle

    #BookReview #HarshMander #covid19 #CovidMismanagement #CovidDeathToll #CovidLockdown #MigrantLabourers #UnionGovt #BJP #india #books #nonfiction #bookstodon #health #healthcare

  7. PMJAY scheme: Nearly Rs 7 crore paid for treatment of ‘dead’ patients, shows CAG report

    At least 3,446 patients who had previously been declared dead were treated under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana, the auditor said.

    #PMJAY #HealthInsurance #healthcare #CAG #NHA #BJP #WelfareSchemes #UnionGovt #india

    scroll.in/latest/1054419/pmjay

  8. Treatment for the Dead, Discharge Before Surgery and the Many Problems of Ayushman Bharat

    The first ever CAG report on the PMJAY highlights how the scheme has been riddled with corruption and visible fraudulence.

    #PMJAY #CAG #AyushmanBharat #NHA #healthcare #HealthInsurance #corruption #aadhaar #PMJAYID #eKYC #governance #WelfareSchemes #welfare #UnionGovt #BJP #covid19 #india

    thewire.in/government/ayushman

  9. Double-Engine: The Union and State Government Must Answer for Manipur

    August 3 marks exactly three months since the start of the mayhem in Manipur. Fears of state collusion and complicity in the violence are growing with time. Nandita Haksar writes.

    #manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #christians #churches #BJP #BirenSingh #ManipurGovt #article355 #environment #ForestRights #UnionGovt #india

    thewire.in/politics/double-eng

  10. India's Internet Shutdowns Hurt Women More, Manipur Assaults Show

    "If there was no internet shutdown, those videos would have surfaced over two months ago and the horror could have been addressed speedily," said editor of Shillong Times Patricia Mukhim.

    #manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #InternetShutdown #ViolenceAgainstWomen #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #HumanRights #BJP #UnionGovt #india

    thewire.in/security/indias-int

  11. Pulwama attack: Families of two CRPF jawans from Bengal seek truth

    The families of the two CRPF jawans from Bengal who died in the February 2019 Pulwama attack want to know the “truth”, agitated by then Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik’s comments in a recent interview.

    Malik has alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had shut him up when he blamed the Centre’s lapses for the deaths, and highlighted the Union home ministry’s refusal of aircraft that had forced the convoy to travel by road.

    #kashmir #pulwama #PulwamaAttack #NarendraModi #terrorism #CRPF #intelligence #UnionGovt #SatyaPalSingh #governors #BJP #elections #pakistan #JEM #hindutva #militarisation #india

    telegraphindia.com/west-bengal

  12. A Fear That Refuses To Go

    How revocation of Article 370 has reinforced old insecurities. An extract from Anuradha Bhasin's A Dismantled State: The Untold Story of Kashmir After Article 370 (HarperCollins).

    #kashmir #jammu #article370 #article370abrogation #militarisation #HumanRights #IndianArmy #CRPF #UnionGovt #BookExcerpt #BookExtract #books #bookstodon #india

    forceindia.net/books/a-fear-th

  13. Hindu Mahasabha wants Savarkar's pictures to replace Gandhi's image on currency notes

    In an open letter to the Government of India, the Hindu Mahasabha also asked for renaming the road leading to the Parliament House after Savarkar.

    #savarkar #HinduMahasabha #RSS #MKGandhi #UnionGovt #money #currency #hindutva #BJP #HinduNationalism #FreedomStruggle #history #india

    deccanherald.com/national/nort

  14. J&K Village Mourns Killing of Man Belonging to Lone Kashmiri Pandit Family Which Stayed Back

    The shooting took place barely 50 metres from 45-year-old Sanjay Kumar Sharma's home in Achan village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

    #kashmir #KashmirPandits #pulwama #achan #militancy #terrorism #militarisation #HumanRights #ResistanceFront #UnionGovt #india

    thewire.in/rights/jammu-kashmi