 | Angawandi staff on strike against Women and Child Development Deptt official ‘intimidation’According to Vrishali, media coordinator of Delhi State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers, the message is an attempt to violate the basic rights of the protesting women. |
 | Parliamentary panel criticizes poor auditing of MGNREGSWhile there is provision for social audit of central schemes like MGNREGS, a few of them have been audited in the last few years. |
 | Odisha police book three engineers for alleged involvement in road construction scamThe trio was booked under sections 420, 406 and 34 of the IPC basing on the FIR of Superintending Engineer of RD department of Jajpur and Kendrapara circle Sanjeeb Kumar Das. |
 | Egg, milk, banana up nutrition in children: Karnataka government surveysThehe survey was repeated in the last week of November and it revealed considerable improvement among children. |
 | Sundargarh shivers, so do SC and ST students sans woollensDespite advisories being issued by the Union Education Ministry regarding coldwave in November and December, the boarders are left to fend for themselves in the chilling cold. |
 | TTD issues Government Order on use of Tamil, then flouts itThey mention several names of officials in English despite the mandate that all the names and initials in the government documents must be only in Tamil. |
 | Write initials and signature in Tamil, government employees toldIt further urged government departments to raise awareness on these directions by putting up posters for the public. |
 | Food prices skyrocket but daily budget stuck at Rs 24With food inflation not relenting, the authorities of many hostels are reportedly skipping breakfast and evening snacks and also compromising on food quality and quantity. |
 | Odisha lagging in construction of rural roads under PMGSYShort supply of raw materials like metal chips and morrum is the other reason for the slow progress of the works, said a senior officer of the Rural Development department. |
 | Guntur dist to get 179 water harvesting pitsUnits for converting waste into manure and special waste management measures are also being taken in these villages. |
 | Centre allots 1.83 crore more person days to APThis is the second time in the financial year that the Centre is sanctioning additional person-days to the State. |
 | BBMP delimitation panel’s term extended by six monthsAs it has already been three months past that deadline, the chief minister has given the committee time till January 28, 2022. |
 | Now, local body budgets in Andhra Pradesh to have people’s involvementThe budgets will also be prepared at the gram panchayat, mandal and district levels. |
 | Urban development panel seeks plan to improve drainage systems in Bhubaneswar, CuttackIt will submit a proposal to the government to either cover open drains or erect 10-ft-high nets on both sides in the Twin City. |
 | Incentive delay dampens inter-caste marriages in OdishaTo promote social integration, the State government in 2018 had hiked incentive for inter-caste marriage from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh. |
