All possible arrangements to be made in Rajasthan to handle COVID: Ashok Gehlot
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Last Updated: Apr 20, 2021, 04:45 PM IST
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Synopsis Constant monitoring is being done and all arrangements are being made to ensure that people do not suffer. The focus of the state government is on public health, therefore, we have announced Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme which is going to be implemented from May 1, Gehlot said.
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He said that necessary directions have been issued to officials for ensuring proper arrangement and treatment of COVID patients and for increasing the number of beds.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said all possible arrangements will be made to handle the COVID pandemic with a robust medical infrastructure in the state.
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What Does the Ruling Class Do When It Rules? This was the title of a classic book on Marxist theory by Swedish political scientist Göran Therborn. If the title was not enough, the book also carried an equally wordy subtitle: ‘State Apparatuses and State Power Under Feudalism, Capitalism and Socialism’. I could never read the entire book, but the mouthful of a title stayed with me.
Someone should write an Indian sequel: What Does the Ruling Caste Do When It Rules? State Apparatuses and State Power under Brahminism in a Constitutional Democracy. The book could be a study of the myriad ways in which the caste order continues to rule India, using all forms of formal and informal State power. The story of how various governments of different political hues conspired to not count Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the Census must find a place in this book.
Niti Aayog suggests policy measures to ensure subsidised foodgrains supply to needy
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Last Updated: Apr 01, 2021, 02:57 PM IST
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The scenarios, that have been constructed keeping in mind the National Food Security Act, 2013, have been made after the ministry had sought the advice of Niti Aayog amid increasing demand for subsidised foodgrains in certain states in view of rising population.
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Niti Aayog has suggested policy measures to the food ministry that envisages various scenarios to ensure supply of subsidised foodgrains to the needy without pinching the union government s fiscal resources, according to a senior official.
The scenarios, that have been constructed keeping in mind the National Food Security Act, 2013, have been made after the ministry had sought the advice of Niti Aayog amid increasing demand for subsidised foodgrains in certain states in view of rising population.
Tired of the endless wait for compensation, thousands of Indians may return to manual scavenging
In Karnataka alone, 3,000 manual scavengers have not received proper rehabilitation, including cash assistance or training for alternative employment. Even as India banned manual scavenging in 1993, the practice is still widespread. | Xavier Galiana / AFP
Bala does not remember at what age he started working as a pit cleaner. By the time he had turned 15-year-old, he was helping his father as a manual scavenger. “My family had been doing this work for as far as I can remember,” he told
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in Kolar, 100 km from Bengaluru, in December 2020.
No proposal to release census 2011 caste data: MHA in Rajya Sabha ANI | Updated: Mar 10, 2021 15:17 IST
New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday clarified on caste-related details received from Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011 to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. In a reply, the Union Home Ministry said that raw caste data has been provided to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) for the classification and categorization of the data. Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 was conducted by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and the then Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) in rural and urban areas respectively. The SECC 2011 data, excluding the caste data, have been finalized and published by MoRD and HUPA, Home Ministry said.