-Down to Earth These cities would have to build ‘resilience’ if they were to manage such scarcity, the nonprofit said A hundred cities worldwide, including 30 in India, face the risk of ‘severe water scarcity’ by 2050, according to a recent report by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) The cities would face a ‘grave water risk’ by 2050 due to a dramatic increase in their population percentage to 51 per cent by...
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Bihar asks Centre to hike its MGNREGA labour budget -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu 20% of people demanding work have been denied; even higher on ground, say workers. Having run through 74% of its labour budget under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) at the halfway point of the year, and expecting the demand to go up still further in a pandemic year, Bihar has asked the Centre for an additional six crore persondays of work to be added to its...
More »Guidelines for promoting FPOs a bureaucratic maze -T Nanda Kumar
-Financial Express The current guidelines may not inspire confidence among farmers on entering into collective enterprises. Prime minister Narendra Modi, in his address commemorating 75 years of the UN’s FAO, reiterated India’s commitment to enhance its farmers’ income. He also reiterated the resolve to create 10,000 additional Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), one of the main pillars in the proposed transformation of the agri-economy. Will his futuristic vision result in creation of successful...
More »Manufacturing PMI rises for third straight month; output rises at quickest pace since Oct. 2007
-PTI/ The Hindu Inflationary pressures, meanwhile, remained subdued as seen by a modest increase in input costs and only marginal rise in selling prices. India’s manufacturing sector activity improved for the third straight month in October with companies raising output to the greatest extent in 13 years amid robust sales growth, a monthly survey said on Monday. The headline seasonally adjusted IHS Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose from 56.8 in...
More »Kerala Public Service Commission to implement 10% quota for EWS
-The Hindu Applicable for all job notifications active on October 23 The Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) has decided that 10% reservation in government jobs for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the general category will be applicable for all job notifications, which were active on October 23, the date on which the Cabinet gave the nod for the quota. Necessary amendments will be made in the online application and profile for the...
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