-Press Information Bureau/ Cabinet The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval to a comprehensive New Urea Policy 2015 for the next four financial years. The Policy has multiple objectives of maximizing indigenous urea production and promoting energy efficiency in urea units to reduce the subsidy burden on the Government. Savings in energy shall reduce the carbon-footprint and would thus be more environment friendly....
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Agriculture sector bleeds, thanks to flawed government plans -Iftikhar Gilani
-DNA India Constant decrease in investment on research and development blamed for carelessly conceived schemes A fishing project in the deserts of Rajasthan, cold storage facilities for bananas in Maharashtra's no-banana Pune district, milk coolers in Gujarat's Sagbara region where there is no milk production and no electricity either… Those are just some of the examples of carelessly conceived government schemes to bolster farm growth at a time share of the...
More »US panel proved wrong, communal incidents actually dipped in 2014 -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Contrary to an assessment by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) that communal incidents in India witnessed a rising trend in 2014, official data released by the home ministry showed that such attacks were down to 644 from 823 in 2013. Also, the US panel's claim in its 2015 report that religiously-motivated and communal violence in India had increased over three consecutive years...
More »If it doesn’t rain -Shweta Saini & Ashok Gulati
-The Indian Express We need a contingency plan that combines real-time technology with robust insurance and easy credit. On April 22, 2015 the Indian Met Department (IMD) released its first forecast for the upcoming monsoon rains, saying it is likely to be below normal, at 93 per cent of the long period average (LPA). Only a week before that, on April 15, a private forecaster, Skymet, had predicted normal rains (102...
More »Odisha Govt Announces Raise in Minimum Wages of Labourers
-Outlook Bhubaneshwar: Odisha government today announced a hike in the minimum wages of skilled, unskilled and semi-skilled workers based on the recomendation of the State Minimum Wage Advisory Committee. While the minimum wage for an unskilled labourer has been raised to Rs 200 from Rs 150 per day, the semi-skilled workers will get Rs 220 each instead of Rs 170 a day, a government notification stated. The skilled worker will get Rs 240...
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