-The Indian Express The registration of farmers will begin from September 1. Besides personal details like phone number, bank account details and Aadhaar number, the farmers will have to share details of cultivation and acreage Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government is set to roll out a populist scheme to compensate farmers when they are forced to sell their crops below the minimum support PRIce (MSP) in mandis. The move by the...
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Over 90 Lakh Farmers Benefited From Crop Insurance Scheme, PM Modi Told
-PTI PM Narendra Modi was informed that claims of over Rs. 7,700 crore have already been paid to farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, according to a PMO statement. New Delhi: Over 90 lakh farmers have benefited from the crop insurance scheme during the Kharif season last year and the Rabi season in 2016-17, a meeting chaired by PRIme Minister Narendra Modi was told in New Delhi today. The PRIme...
More »Your fuel PRIce also includes a fund for toilets -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Do you know every time you buy diesel or petrol you pay six paise and four paise per litre respectively for proper toilet facilities at petrol pumps? Petroleum ministry officials and petrol pump owners confirmed that this provision exists for generating revenue for maintenance of toilets. However, the latter claimed that the monthly revenue is not enough to meet the requirement. The allotment condition for petrol pumps...
More »What is the cost of doubling farmers' income by 2022? -Richard Mahapatra
-Down to Earth The farmers have to make an investment of Rs 463 billion in the next five years A “New India” is the latest national agenda. PRIme Minister Narendra Modi, in his fourth Independence Day speech, made an appeal with his trademark gesture of both hands pointing towards the gathering: “A new India that would fulfil the dreams of the young and women, and see the income of farmers double.” Doubling...
More »17 schools refunded excess fee: Delhi Government
-The Indian Express Last week, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had said, “The schools will not be allowed to loot students like they used to do under previous governments due to political collusion. But if they don’t implement, we will take them over as a last resort. I hope we don’t have to take over.” New Delhi: Even as the Delhi government’s proposal to take over 449 PRIvate unaided schools “as a...
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