Tribal children do not have teachers, reading material or even a proper script for their dialects or languages
COVID-19, poverty may have spurred child marriages in India: Activists
Caste is not unique to India and South Asia. A development in Spain shows how
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 17, 2023)
Report alleges conflict of interest behind India’s fortified food programme
Food Fortification Resource Centre under food regulator FSSAI is an industry association; members profiting financially, alleges Alliance for Sustainable ...
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 13, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the ...
As told to Parliament (February 10, 2023): Smriti Irani says her ministry ‘unaware’ of CSE report on malnutrition deaths
The report by Centre for Science & Environment and DTE shows over 1.7 million Indians die every year due ...
Earth sciences ministry made progress but has been ‘sluggish’ on a few counts: Parliamentary report
Ministry has had a few misses in establishing District Agro-meteorological Field Units, which are responsible for preparing and disseminating ...
As told to Parliament (February 9, 2023): Land subsidence in Joshimath very old issue, claims power minister
In response to another question asked this week, the minister said Tapovan-Vishnugad Hydro Electric Project is far away from ...
As told to Parliament (February 8, 2023): No starvation death reported by states or UTs, Smriti Irani tells Rajya Sabha
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As told to Parliament (February 7, 2023): 184,447 cattle died due to Lumpy Skin Disease in 2022-23
Budget 2023-24: Fund allocated for MGNREGA can provide just 17 days of work
Unjust allocation by the Modi-led government is an assault on the rights of rural workers, say activists
As told to Parliament (February 6, 2023): India produces around 30 million tonnes of recycled steel
List of companies that produce recycled steel in India is not maintained centrally, says Faggan Singh Kulaste, Union minister of ...
Control and delete: Lack of data updating has left millions of poor Indians hungry; here is how
The government’s reliance on decade-old data due to a delay in census has resulted in exclusion of millions from ...
As told to Parliament (February 3, 2023): No record of number of landless agricultural labourers in India
No specific census of migrant, other landless farmers has been conducted in the country, Rajya Sabha told
Budget 2023-24: ‘Blood bath’ of MGNREGA as welfare scheme sees lowest allocation in last 2 years
Experts claim the reduced budget allocation to Rs 60,000 crore will not provide any employment to the economically vulnerable ...
Budget 2023-24: New mission for welfare of PVTGs launched
Rs 15,000 crore allocated to Pradhan Mantri PVTG mission for next three years
Economic Survey 2022-23: Indian startup ecosystem faces several challenges, causing companies to ‘flip’
Many Indian companies are setting up bases overseas to circumvent the challenges
Bengal MGNREGA workers lost up to Rs 6,046 crore in wages during April-December 2022
A study estimates that workers have lost income by 83%, compelling them to borrow money for survival
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 24, 2023)
MGNREGA graft: Social audit finds irregularities worth Rs 54 lakh in Rajasthan
Corruption was unearthed in 2022 after the workers from Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan in Barmer reported the issue to ...
Online child abuse escalated in India during pandemic: CRY
Adolescent girls and boys within 14-18 years, belonging to the lower income strata, were figured as the most vulnerable group
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 17, 2023)
Tax the wealthy: 2 billion people can be lifted from poverty by levying the super-rich, says Oxfam
Gap between the rich and the poor broadened over the past two years
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 16, 2023)