The Nowhere Men & Women: How India Abandoned 14 Crore Citizens on a Policy Paper

The government of India runs the world’s biggest food security scheme, which provides free ration to more than 80 crore people. The scheme has won Prime Minister Narendra Modi accolades. But what if we realise that there are over 14 crore people who have been omitted from the benefit of this scheme because the government has not counted Indian citizens in over a decade? Can its intransigence break the welfare structure of governance?

https://www.outlookbusiness.com/the-big-story-1/lead-story-8/the-nowhere-men-women-how-india-abandoned-14-crore-citizens-on-a-policy-paper-6835

#FoodSecurity #NFSA #census #WelfareSchemes #data #exclusion #RuralIndia #poverty #inequality #NarendraModi #BJP #india

Another cracker served up by the National Film & Sound Archive.

I saw this again last Friday at the NFSA this week with a scratchy but beautiful 35mm print in their gorgeous, art-deco theatre.

Privatised cops, escalating violence around the world and rampant, mindless consumerism all still resonate.

ED-209 looks a bit more stop-motion than I recall but I respect the effort. 👌

The cast is great, especially the bad guys: Ronnie Cox (Dick Jones) and Kurtwood Smith (Clarence Boddicker).

Deserves its cult-classic status even if it's lost its blockbuster shine.
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#movies #moviesofmastadon #robocop #NFSA #FrightNight #CultClassic #PaulVerhoeven

Last night I saw the 35mm print of Akira at the NFSA. I love getting the chance to see films on the big screen that I didn't originally have the chance to see.

#akira #35mm #film #cinema #nfsa #australia #canberra #anime #cyberpunk #theatre

What free food rations hide: A rollback of social security in India

The sugar-coated termination of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana calls for an urgent expansion of alternative social security measures.

#welfare #FreeFoodRations #FoodSecurity #PMGKAY #NFSA #governance #MastIndia #india

https://scroll.in/article/1040987/what-free-food-rations-hide-a-rollback-of-social-security-in-india