-The Indian Express The Allahabad High Court has scrapped the user fee on the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) Flyway, saying the concessionaire has already recovered its ‘reasonable’ dues. Allahabad High Court last week scrapped the toll levied on commuters using the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) Flyway, a major traffic artery connecting southeast Delhi with Noida across the Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh. A subsequent bid by the Noida Toll Bridge Company Ltd (NTBCL) — the...
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NCERT advises Centre against Scrapping 'no detention' policy, says dropout rate will rise
-FirstPost.com With changes in power structure comes changes in policies. The human resource development ministry which witnessed a major change a couple of months back with the installation of Prakash Javadekar as the head and removal of Smriti Irani has taken up the task of changing rules and policies. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has advised the central government against Scrapping the “no detention” policy, reported The Economic...
More »Centre's action cools off dal prices -Dipak K Dash & Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Prices of all major pulses have crashed, and arhar, in particular, is now selling in the range of Rs 120 and Rs 136 a kg in the four metro cities. Arhar is retailing at Rs 102 per kg even in Patna from where Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had launched an attack on the Centre's failure to check prices with his slogan "Arhar Modi" just...
More »New insurance scheme has nothing for farmers: Swaraj Abhiyan
-PTI "At the ground level, PMFBY and the Guidelines will make no difference to the farmer-as is prevalent now, the insurance premium will be deducted without the farmers' knowledge, consent and information and when there is crop loss, the same yield based assessment arbitrarily decided by patwaris will apply," Abhiyan added. Criticising the new crop insurance scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Swaraj Abhiyan said it will make no difference to...
More »Insurance sop -TK Rajalakshmi
-Frontline The new crop insurance scheme introduced by the NDA government in an election year does not provide for a comprehensive coverage of all crops, against all forms of damage and at all stages of the crop cycle. IN AN election year, it is but natural that incumbent governments will introduce welfare policies and schemes. But the problem is that distribution of such largesse in a neoliberal dispensation can only be...
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