The crumpled public health system in India ensures that children sleep hungry & have abysmally bad health parameters growing up. We demand better nutrition for all children, expansion of creche programmes & strengthening of anganwadi services. #Elections2024 #HealthForAll

Secrecy around #ElectoralBonds continues- SOP reg sale & redemption of bonds denied by SBI under RTI. SOP wud reveal if SBI had to note alphanumeric code in EB transactions or was it done illegally to track bonds. Finance Ministry had stated code could not be used to track bonds.

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India’s most corrupt politicians, down to the last man, have now been accommodated in the Bharatiya Janata Party. They are motivated by two key factors -

1. Participation: Minimum Government, Maximum Loot

2. Protection: Join the BJP, evade the ED-IT

As the #ElectoralBondScam …

Another lie exposed! After Poonam Agarwal found hidden alphanumeric codes in UV light, Finance Ministry said code wasn’t recorded in transactions& couldn’t be used to track bond. Now SBI data shows code was noted with buyer& receiver info! Need full inquiry in #ElectoralBonds scam

Feminist voices are overlooked in India’s policy planning. At critical stage for deciding our democracy’s fate, BehanBox’s #FeministElectionNewsroom centers our key asks for #Election2024 .

I will be stocktaking welfare scheme performance under NDA’s #NariShakti agenda. 🧵

We are hiring! FPC is looking for a motivated and suitably qualified Coordinator. Interested candidates may send their CV and cover letter to [email protected].
Jashodhara Dasgupta Sarah Farooqui Women in Econ/Policy Dipa Sinha Suneeta Raman VR Sona Mitra

Donations from two Reliance-linked donors almost entirely went to BJP. A Reliance accounts man sent all his money to the BJP, another donor, Qwik Supply Chain, gave 91% of its donation to the ruling party.
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After SC rap, SBI collated data, matched purchasers names to dates & denomination of #ElectoralBonds & disclosed it in one file- all within a day. Now SBI’s affidavit says unique alphanumeric code on purchaser & recipient side also provided today. What did SBI need 4 months for?!

Sealed covers opened & info submitted by political parties to ECI on #ElectoralBonds is out. As anticipated, parties hv said they don’t have names of donors. See letters below. Voters still in dark about identity of purchasers of bonds worth 4,000 crore sold before April 12, 2019

Review article on relevance of WHO growth standards by vandana prasad rohit (not) azad and me is now published BMJ Paediatrics Open bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/8/1/e0…

Most electoral bonds purchased by Companies who were named in an ECIR are proceeds of crime.

The accounts into which the money went must be frozen and attached by the Enforcement Directorate as proceeds of crime.

Claim: 'Today women are not just equal participants but torchbearers of economic growth, confidently steering their own destinies & contributing to the prosperity of their communities.This is Modi's India'
Reality:Stagnant low wages of self-employed women tinyurl.com/mrxm63ft

I argue that the mainstream discipline of economics needs to change drastically if it is to be of any use in confronting the pressing challenges we face in the world today.
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आज मंच ने मध्याह्न भोजन में किद्रीकृत किचन को बंद कर पुरानी व्यवस्था लागू करने की मांग पर धरना दिया. लगातार शिकायतों के बावज़ूद बच्चो पर जबरन बना प्याज़, लहसन और अंडा वाला मशीन से बना ख़राब खाना थोपा जा रहा है. न ताज़ा, न गुणवत्तापूर्ण और न स्वादिष्ट. Champai Soren 1/n

Farmers are 300 km away from Delhi.

The traffic jam you are facing is because of a blockade by Delhi and UP police.

This is a strategy to create a negative perception of peaceful protests in the minds of the common people of Delhi and NCR.

While the superior nutritional value of a diverse diet is widely recognized, achieving it requires a shift toward cultivating a variety of crops best suited to the local environment and climate, writes UMass Amherst’s Jayati Ghosh. bit.ly/42DhRll

The entitlement under #Mamata scheme, #Odisha 's maternity entitlement program has now been doubled from Rs 5000 to Rs 10000. It will be provided in 2 installments @ Rs 6000 & 4000. Eligible women will get the revised amount from August 2023. Welcome step by CMO Odisha 🙏

I'm honored and delighted to have received a Fellow Award 2023 from International Economic Association IEA, and especially to be in the company of my inspirational colleague at UMass Economics, Sam Bowles.