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Blaming poor returns, 61% farmers ready to quit and take up city jobs: survey

-The Hindu Business Line Faced with inadequate returns, a significant chunk of farmers in the country are ready to quit farming if they get alternative job opportunities in urban areas, says a nation-wide study commissioned by Bharat Krishak Samaj and conducted by CSDS. The study - Report on the State of Indian Farmer - reveals some alarming facts, with 47 per cent of those surveyed believing that the overall condition of...

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Govt to announce relief package for farmers next week -Vishwa Mohan

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Centre may announce relief package for farmers, who lost their standing crops in rains and hailstorm in different states, on or after March 19. Officials, who have been visiting Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan to assess the overall loss to the farmers, will submit their reports to the Centre by March 19. The announcement will, however, be made only after taking permission from...

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74.5 lakh use one last chance to register as voters for 2014 -Bharti Jain

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Making the most of one last opportunity offered by the Election Commission to enrol themselves before the general elections, 74.56 lakh people turned out at 9.3 lakh polling stations across the country on March 9 to file their applications. EC sources said this is the highest number of Form 6, the application form an eligible voter is required to submit to be included in the rolls,...

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Election Expenditure per elector up by twenty times in 2009 compared to first General Elections

-Press Information Bureau (Election Commission) General Elections are held to elect representatives for Lok Sabha after normally, every five years. Every election requires a huge amount of resources and efforts, be it planning, labour, technology, and for that matter, money. From the first Lok Sabha Elections in 1951-52 till the fifteenth in 2009, it has been a long journey for democracy. Government's expenditure on an elector has gone up manifold, twenty...

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Congress, BJP flout CIC order, may face heat -Himanshi Dhawan

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Political parties including Congress and BJP have ignored a four-week deadline set by the Central Information Commission (CIC) and could be liable for Rs 25,000 fine or even deregistration. The commission had issued a showcase notice on February 7 to six national political parties - Congress, BJP, NCP, BSP, CPI and CPM - seeking an explanation on why they had not complied by its June 3...

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