ASHA workers of Madhya Pradesh were on a strike for over a month demanding better pay and working conditions for them. Throughout the COVID scare, ASHAs have worked without PPE kits and face masks. An ASHA worker from Madhya Pradesh makes only Rs. 32 for a day's work while an ASHA associate earns Rs. 16 per day.
This is inhumane as an ASHA worker from neighboring states like Andhra Pradesh earn Rs. 10,000 monthly. Similarly, wages of other states like Kerala, Haryana and Delhi are significantly higher. Yet, the MP government has virtually ignored the working conditions of ASHAs.
Creative ways of learning in Samastipur, Bihar.
This school in Patori Subdivision in Samastipur District, Bihar, is an example of creative learning.
Solving Land Rights Issues
16 families from Odisha's Sundergarh district were paying taxes for a piece of land allotted to them 22 years ago through government schemes. But in reality the land was allotted only on paper. They did not even know the location of the land for which they had been paying taxes...