-Livemint.com The govt did increase compensation for crop damage to 50% and even relaxed norms for claims but farmers will get less than a fifth of what they have lost to drought New delhi: In April, Narendra Modi announced an increase in compensation for crop damage, a move the prime minister termed as a landmark decision and one that will impose a great burden on his government. His announcement followed unseasonal...
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The skewed pulses story -Suman Sahai
-Asian Age Many years ago, when I was doing my Ph.D. in genetics at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, delhi, I did my research on mung and urad daal, unlike most of my compatriots who did their research either on the major cereals like wheat, rice and maize, or on vegetables. Pulses was a neglected field of research then, as it is now. It was a crop of the marginal areas...
More »Smog envelopes NCR, air quality falls as Punjab farmers burn paddy -Amit Bhattacharya
-The Times of India NEW delhi: Uncontrolled burning of paddy stubbles by Punjab farmers appears to be again putting the health of residents in the National Capital Region at risk, with delhi's air quality falling sharply in the past two days even as farm fires peak in Punjab. Since Saturday, delhi's air quality index has dramatically dropped by 60-80 points and is now inching towards the 'very poor' zone, when children are...
More »Govt caps prices of new drugs to treat diabetes, hypertension -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW delhi: New medicines for treatment of diabetes, hypertension and pneumonia are set to be cheaper from Diwali. Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has capped prices of as many as 18 new brands of essential medicines, most of which are expected to be launched in the market within a fortnight. The regulator has brought these medicines under price regulation using paragraph 5 of the Drugs...
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-The Telegraph New delhi: The Election Commission has informed the Supreme Court that it may not be feasible to let domestic migrants vote from wherever they have shifted to as such a step would be "fraught with risks". The poll panel, which submitted an interim report on Friday, contended that diluting the residential criteria might open the gates for manipulation and compromise the "purity of electoral rolls". The report came in response to...
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