A core group meeting was organised by the NHRC on the right to food with a focus on the PDS. The meeting was chaired by NHRC Member Vijaya Bharati Sayani.
Haryana's Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) or Family ID is a flagship e-governance scheme introduced by Khattar govt. Haryana says even UP is 'studying' the scheme to replicate it.
Self-selecting programme like employment guarantee scheme, and investing more in public health care, school education and job-oriented training will be far more beneficial.
Food prices, reopening of economy & resurgent demand are fuelling inflation, but robust public distribution system is likely helping some states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu keep prices down.
In a letter to PM Modi, the Delhi CM requested permission for implementing the scheme that he claimed was being stonewalled by the Centre days before its launch.
While the Delhi govt accused the Centre of stalling it's scheme of doorstep delivery of ration, the Centre said that it only advised the state to do so without tampering with the NFSA.
On 4 May, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announced free ration for all card holders, and later extended the benefit to those without cards too. But the scheme is yet to reach both sections.
Champu Khangpok village was struck off the electoral records in the 1980s, making its residents encroachers and limiting their already meagre access to govt welfare systems.
Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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