Swaraj Abhiyan

Prashant Bhushan took to twitter to take a dig at Yogi Adityanath’s anti-Romeo squads but landed in trouble when he drew parallels between eve teasers and Lord Krishna. Tweeple drubbed Bhushan and an FIR has also been registered against him.

Chopper purchase by Chhattisgarh: SC to look into CAG report

Supreme Court today said it would consider the issue of maintainability raised by the Centre on a plea seeking an SIT probe into alleged irregularities in the purchase of an Agusta helicopter for VVIP use by the Chhattisgarh government and look into the CAG report on the matter.

Why Thales was not blacklisted by the govt: Bhushan

Swaraj Abhiyan leader Prashant Bhushan today questioned the NDA government that why Thales was not blacklisted when Defence Minister "knew" that it had paid commissions in Scorpene submarine deal and also why Rafale deal was done with Dassault which bought that company.

Parrikar rejects Swaraj Abhiyan charge, terms Rafale best deal

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today asserted the recently-signed Euro 7.878 billion-deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets was the best ever offered to any country, rejecting Swaraj Abhiyan's Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav's allegation that India paid double the price.

Govt paid lip service to SC order on drought relief: Yadav

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Yogendra Yadav of Swaraj Abhiyan said that a contempt petition will be filed in the Supreme Court with respect to the drought management.

Don't make mistake of not declaring drought on time: SC to govt

The observation by a bench of Justices M B Lokur and N V Ramana came when it was pointed out that several districts in country have had deficient rainfall and a situation like last year may emerge again which may catch the government napping.

Swaraj Abhiyan on 10-day padyatra in drought-hit regions

CNBC -TV18's Archana Shukla walked along with Yogendra Yadav-led Swaraj Abhiyan's volunteers to find out how the government‘s response system is shaping up viz-a-viz food security, water availability and jobs.

Modi government most hostile towards farmers: Yogendra Yadav

Yadav said that despite Supreme Court's May 13 directive to centre to proactively provide relief to those affected by drought, nothing is being done on the ground for food security.

Government has been a spectator to Bundelkhand drought: Yadav

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) started as a drought-relief scheme, but it simply doesn't exist in MP. The state action is not there, says Yogendra Yadav, convener of the Swaraj Abhiyan.

Drought disaster mgmt plan will be ready soon: BJP's Taneja

Narendra Taneja, Spokesperson of the Bhartiya Janata Party says the government has started releasing funds for relief and related schemes and will have a disaster management plan in place by May 30.

Petition questions govt figures of drought-affected people

Drought petitioner Swaraj Abhiyan (non-profit organisation) told Supreme Court today that the number of people affected by drought as reported by government were misleading and sought the apex court's intervention to ensure adequate relief for drought-affected regions.

Delhi govt's odd-even scheme a gimmick: Prashant Bhushan

The Delhi government started its second round of traffic rationing scheme which will continue until April 30.

SC pulls up govt over delay in fund allocation under MGNREGA

The government will have to come up with a report explaining the reasons behind the delay to the Supreme Court by Thursday.

Budget 2016: See no political will to address agrarian crisis, says Yadav

The current government has been the most indifferent to the agrarian crisis in the last 50-60 years, says Yogendra Yadav, Founder, Swaraj Abhiyan.

New insurance scheme has nothing for farmers: Swaraj Abhiyan

"At the ground level, PMFBY and the Guidelines will make no difference to the farmer-as is prevalent now, the insurance premium will be deducted without the farmers' knowledge, consent and information and when there is crop loss, the same yield based assessment arbitrarily decided by patwaris will apply," Abhiyan added.