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Surveillance & Clampdown: 'NGOs to be linked to central data hub with unique ID' https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2023/mar/02/surveillance--clampdown-ngos-to-be-linked-to-central-data-hub-with-unique-id-2552166.html
The MHA has directed the DGPs and IGPs of states and union territories to assign teams that are working in coordination with the central government wing to expedite the process of unique ID allocation

 02nd March 2023

In India, while the NGOs registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) are monitored by the MHA through a dedicated division, there are nearly 35 lakh NGOs which are not registered under the FCRA and are governed by nearly 40 different laws like the Society registration Act, The Companies Act, Public Trust Act and others, and are usually governed by the laws of the states.

“There have been instances, however, where both categories of NGOs have been indulging in violations like diversion of funds and money laundering,” ministry sources claimed.

As a result, the regulatory mechanism for all FCRA and non-FCRA are also being relooked into at the moment, while the process to link them centrally is being worked out.

100 Days agitation by 100 workers per day demanding 100 days’ work without hitches - Centre for Financial Accountability (cenfa.org) https://www.cenfa.org/100-days-agitation/ The World Bank which once called the scheme as ‘a barrier to development’ later lauded it as world’s largest social security scheme.

This Govt which was cynical of the scheme continued it because of the Covid 19 pandemic during which the migrant workers who walked home hundreds of kilometres could be given at least some days of work.

Now the workers organised under MGNREGA Sangarsh Morcha, a National Collective of Trade Unions are on Dharna at Jantar Mantar. They have decided that everyday 100 workers from different states will assemble at Delhi for 100 days continuously to press for various demands which include:

• Stop mandatory linking of the Job Card with Aadhar Card and Bank Account.  Even if there is a single mistake in one of them it is difficult to correct the link.

From February 1^st 2023 payments to MGNREGS beneficiaries were to be made only through Aadhar Based Payment System (ABPS). However as on 20^th February, only 44% of total workers registered under the scheme were eligible as per The Hindu dated 27.02.2023.

With New Rules, JNU Students Can Be Fined Rs 20,000 for Dharnas, Expelled for Gheraos https://thewire.in/education/with-new-rules-jnu-students-can-be-fined-rs-20000-for-dharnas-expelled-for-gheraos The new 'Rules of Discipline and proper conduct of students of JNU', running up to 10 pages, details punishments for several activities that have been classified as 'misconduct and indiscipline'.

Jawaharlal Nehru University has put in place new rules that appear to be an attempt to thwart campus protests. The various punishments listed include “cancellation of admission or withdrawal of degree or denial of registration for a specified period, rustication up to four semesters and/or declaring any part or the entire JNU campus out of bounds, expulsion, a fine of up to Rs 30,000 as per the old rules, One/two semesters of eviction from the hostel.”