Dal, gur, ghee, you name it – ration-card holders in Tamil Nadu are getting a 21-item nutritious food pack for Pongal. And no photo of Stalin, thank you.
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Freelance scholars and student volunteers interested in action-oriented research, socio-economic rights and related issues.
- School absenteeism down from 6.5% to 1% in Karnataka after eggs started being provided every day, according to this report. Win-win move!
- It would take *one million years* for 100 workers working non-stop at the minimum wage to earn as much as Adani already has - Jean Dreze explains.
00:00 - This Dalit, childless couple in Telangana survives from 100 days of MGNREGA work (@ Rs 250/day) per year, a pension of Rs 2,000/month, and 12 kg of free PDS rice per month. Call it freebies if you like, it’s the least we owe them.
- Shashikant Senthil (@s_kanth), the principled IAS officer who resigned a few years ago in protest against rising authoritarianism and won the Tiruvallur seat yesterday with a stunning margin of 5.7 lakh - without much money or social capital. A much-needed new voice for INDIA.
- CM's breakfast scheme in Chennai - food arrived piping hot at 7.57am. LKG, UKG and primary kids are fed first. Children say food is "super", better than home (indeed it was very good!). But...
00:00 - Here is India’s latest “egg map”. Eggs in midday meals are still a no-no for the Sangh Parivar. Children pay the price.
- As a modest tribute to Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, who is no more, we invite you to relive his historic move on NREGA in the Indian Parliament, in 2005.
00:00 - Eggs have finally appeared in Jharkhand’s anganwadis, after the Chief Minister cracked the whip in response to public agitations. An egg a day for every child who wants it – this should be national policy! (Photo credit: Sandeep Pradan)
- At the Kajala anganwadi, kids sing 'anda, anda' as their eggs are served to them.
00:00 - All over Delhi, rich people park their private cars on public roads. Is that encroachment?
