-The Economic Times The agriculture sector and farmers are passing through a difficult phase. The sector suffered a blow from back-to-back droughts during 2014-15 and 2015-16 followed by low and depressed farm level prices during 2016-17 and kharif 2017, mainly due to global price trends. This has intensified the demand for ensuring MSP (minimum support price) and raising MSP. The forthcoming budget needs to take a call to launch effective measures to...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 1878
Stents cheaper, but not all get benefit -Rema Nagarajan
-The Times of India Almost a year after prices of cardiac stents were capped, an examination of bills from various hospitals shows that the extent to which it has brought down the total cost of an angioplasty depends on which hospital you go to. When the price of stents was capped at Rs 30,000 in February last year, the order had stated that the prices would be reviewed after one year. As...
More »Condom use among unmarried women rises 6-fold in a decade -Rumu Banerjee
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A larger number of unmarried, sexually active women are now opting for safe sex. The National Family Health Survey 2015-16, conducted by the health ministry, found that the use of condoms had gone up in 10 years from 2% to 12% among sexually active unmarried women aged 15 to 49 years. The maximum use of condoms among unmarried women was seen in the 20-24 years age...
More »CIC asks PMO to identify PM's foreign entourage
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Prime Minister's Office to disclose the names of delegation members who accompany PM Modi on foreign visits. The order, however, exempts the PMO from disclosing the names of people linked to the PM's security detail. The direction came after chief information commissioner R K Mathur rejected the PMO's objection to disclosing the information on the grounds of "national...
More »Can PM Modi afford to ignore 70% of India in Budget 2018-19?
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The upcoming Budget poses a big challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. There are too many demands on the Budget while the government is expected to stick to its fiscal deficit targets. Traditionally, Modi's Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has been seen to rely on middle-class voters—urban workers and small traders. But Modi's rise to power was fuelled equally by rural voters. Budget 2018-19 being the last full...
More »
