-The Hindu To address concerns about depleting groundwater reserves in India, the government has joined hands with the World Bank to execute a ?6,000-crore scheme called the Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY). The scheme is to be implemented over a period of five years from 2018-19 to 2022-23, according to a statement from the Union water Ministry. It is yet to be cleared by the Cabinet. The Atal Bhujal Yojana “aims to improve ground...
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PMFBY: Modi govt's crop insurance scheme sees decline in farmers' enrolment -Namrata Acharya
-Business Standard Between FY16 and FY17, the number of farmers enrolled in the scheme declined from about 57.3 million to about 48.5 million, a fall of around 15% Kolkata: The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the flagship crop insurance scheme of the Narendra Modi government, has entered its third year of operation, albeit with a substantial decline in farmers' enrolment in its second year, the data reveals. Between FY16 and FY17, the...
More »Maternal mortality ratio in the country drops to 130 from 167 -Ramya Kannan
-The Hindu Kerala has the lowest MMR of 46, followed by Maharashtra with 61 and Tamil Nadu 66 Chennai: The latest Sample Registration System (SRS) data indicating the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) has brought glad tidings. As per the data, the MMR (number of maternal deaths per 1,00,000 live births) has dropped from 167 (in 2011-2013, the last SRS period) to 130 for the country. This 28% drop is an achievement arising from...
More »Cities feel peasant strike pinch -Pheroze L Vincent
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Prices of farm produce remained high and stocks of vegetables and milk precarious in cities across northern and central India as the ongoing farmers' strike across several states entered its fourth day. The June 1-10 boycott of wholesale markets - called "Gaon Bandh" or "Kisan Avkaash" - has been called by 172 farmer organisations in eight states to demand minimum support prices at one-and-a-half times the cost of...
More »How Yogendra Yadav's Youth for Swaraj is taking urban students to India's villages -Kritika Sharma
-ThePrint.in Yadav’s socio-political platform Youth for Swaraj has been providing a chance to India’s youngsters to work at the grass-root level and study the agrarian crisis. New Delhi: In an age when youngsters are generally known to prefer professional courses such as management and engineering, there are some interested in working at the grassroots level and studying the agrarian crisis in the country. And academic-turned-political activist Yogendra Yadav’s socio-political platform Youth for Swaraj...
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