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Census delay cuts access to subsidised foodgrain for 120 million Indians

The Census is now four years overdue, and the budget for the exercise has been slashed indicating further delays. This is even as millions of Indians are left without access to subsidised foodgrain, pushing them to the brink of food insecurity. Evidence shows that entitlements under the Public Distribution System…

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Rajya Sabha: CPP Chairperson Sonia Gandhi criticizes Census delay

Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that the delay in the census has deprived 14 crore Indians of their rightful benefits under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), adding that food security is not a privilege but a fundamental right. A must read on Dynamite News:

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Behind India’s ‘food surplus’ claims, 13 crore Indians denied rations

In the run-up to the 2024 general elections, the Food Corporation of India wrote to all its 26 regional offices on January 12, 2024, asking them to float tenders for bags with an indicative logo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in order to distribute food grains under the Pradhan Mantri…

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Collectors battle Game Over to save video game heritage

The world's most innovative video games could be lost without more resources to look after them, according to the first major global survey on preserving games.

AAP

Guarantee is precarity, welfare is self-care

A comparison of expenditure on “NDA schemes” with “United Progressive Alliance schemes”.

The Hindu

What's better - the book or the film? Find out at the NFSA

Film adaptations of books will be shown in a new book club.

The Canberra Times

Keep busy in Canberra this weekend

There's circus, ballet and other entertainment for kids on.

The Canberra Times

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Ration dealers propose bringing priority sections under NFSA ambit

Kerala Retail Ration Dealers' Association seeks steps to bring non-priority sections in Kerala under NFSA & restore tide-over allocation of foodgrains.

The Hindu

Sounds of Australia: Slip, Slop, Slap and Menstruation Blues join national archive

Cancer Council’s 1980s sun safety campaign and Robyn Archer’s five-minute musical rant are among 11 recordings deemed of cultural significance in 2023

The Guardian - AU

A tale of two tombs: my shock discovery at this Canberra building

These two pioneers shared a passion for anatomy and significant buildings.

The Canberra Times

Free ration scheme to cost exchequer at least ₹15,000 crore extra per year

The overall food subsidy bill is governed by the economic cost of rice and wheat, which is, in turn, influenced by factors such as the cost of procurement, storage and distribution, the official said.

The Hindu

Smoke causes evacuation of National Film and Sound Archive

Building evacuated after a humidifier overheated

The Canberra Times

The ‘Anna Bhagya’ fiasco and thinking beyond rice

While the Congress party’s ‘Anna Bhagya’ promise betrayed a lack of vision for food security, it is also time to think beyond rice and wheat through the PDS

The Hindu

Data | Why Centre’s denial of rice through OMSS hits Karnataka the most

The Congress-led Karnataka government has been facing challenges in fulfilling its promise of providing five kg of rice to Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Antyodaya card holders. The Centre’s discontinuation of the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS), which provided surplus grains, has put Karnataka in a difficult position. This move…

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Explained | The Centre-state tussle over the Open Market Sale Scheme

In this explainer by The Hindu, Diksha Munjal explains what the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) is and why it has become a source of friction between the Narendra Modi government and states especially those ruled by the Opposition.

The Canberra Times

Listen, look, laugh and learn

There's plenty of comedy on offer.

The Hindu

Welfare spending has been getting a regular pruning

Central allocations for various welfare schemes and sectors in India that ensure basic rights have declined as a proportion of GDP

ABC News

On-country studio to give Alice Springs traditional owners access to Strehlow Collection

The Strehlow Collection is one of the most significant audiovisual archives of Indigenous ceremonial life in the world. After a painstaking digitisation process, it is now in the hands of the traditional owners of Alice Springs.

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Rare footage reveals English cricket team's aggressive tactic to beat Donald Bradman in the 1932-33 Ashes series

Rare footage is uncovered showing the tactics employed by the English cricket team to tackle the remarkable batting of Donald Bradman during the 1932-33 Ashes Test series in Australia.

ABC News

Julia Gillard's misogyny speech, Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees, Neighbours' theme song named 2022 Sounds of Australia

Former prime minister Julia Gillard's infamous speech at Parliament House 10 years ago joins nine other inductees to the National Film and Sound Archive for 2022.

The Canberra Times

Elvis is in the building: NFSA unveils costumes from Baz Luhrmann biopic

A little less conversation, a little more action please - Elvis costumes are at the National Film and Sound Archive.

The Canberra Times

Elvis is - almost - in the building: props, costumes from biopic coming to Canberra

The National Film and Sound Archive will show costumes worn by the actors.

The Canberra Times

Regurgitator relive classic album Unit in Canberra

The band members will be at the National Film and Sound Archive in October for a celebration of their classic 1997 album Unit.

The Hindu

Expand food security coverage to benefit more needy persons, SC tells Centre

Bench asks Centre to re-determine NFSA coverage after considering population increase between 2011-2021

The Hindu

Officials examining reasons for T.N. not securing top rank in NFSA index

It has secured only the ninth rank with 0.778 marks among 20 general category States and Union Territories

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