-The Hindu Business Line Trade sees lower acreage in MP; higher area in Maharashtra, other states For farmers like Sunil Mukhati and hundreds of others near Indore in Madhya Pradesh, gazing at the skies as soon as they get up every day, has become a sort of ritual over the past couple of weeks. “We have been looking at the sky every morning these last few days, hoping that we will get some...
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IT Rules: No Relief To Digital News Portals As Delhi HC Refuses To Grant Interim Protection
-OutlookIndia.com The court then proceeded to adjourn the pleas by The Wire, Quint Digital Media Ltd and Pravda Media Foundation till August 20. The Delhi High Court has declined to grant protection from coercive action to digital media portals. It adjourned their challenge to the new IT Rules after being informed that a plea has been moved by the Centre to transfer them to the Supreme Court. The court then proceeded to adjourn...
More »Assam approves compulsory leave for policemen
-The Hindu It enables the personnel spend time with their family members Guwahati: The Assam Cabinet on Wednesday approved a month’s compulsory leave every year for the personnel of the armed battalions of the Assam police to enable them spend time with their families. The benefit applies to the personnel from the rank of constable to SI. Those staying with families in the quarters will be given 10 days’ leave every year, a...
More »It’s time to protect the poor and the migrants from rising edible oil prices
In his Mann ki Baat address to the nation on 30th May, 2021, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi appreciated the fact that the farmers received "more than the minimum support price (MSP) for mustard" pertaining to the rabi production. One can easily guess from this statement of the PM that the mustard growers in Haryana (and elsewhere) preferred to sell their produce to private traders in the open market instead...
More »Centre announces hike in MSP for paddy, pulses, oilseeds -Priscilla Jebraj
-The Hindu Farmer groups unhappy with the increase in paddy price. The Central government has hiked the minimum support price (MSP) for common paddy to ₹1,940 a Quintal for the coming kharif season, less than 4% higher than last year’s price of ₹1,868. The decision was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday. In a bid to encourage crop diversification, there were slightly higher increases in the MSP for pulses, oilseeds...
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