-TheWire.in The corporate sector is responsible for 70% of the country’s NPAs, but their loans are being waived off while waiving farming loans is still being frowned upon. The Gujarat government gave a loan of Rs 456.79 crore to the Tatas to set up the Nano plant at Sanand, near Ahmedabad. The Gujarat government has acknowledged that the massive loan was given at an interest of 0.1%, to be paid back in...
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Meat off the shelves in Uttar Pradesh, but can be bought discreetly -Soumya Pillai
-The Hindu The Hindu drove across Sahibabad, Modinagar, Muradnagar and Meerut on Wednesday, days after the crackdown on illegal slaughter houses, shops An innocuous question — “where can I buy meat from?” — is met with curious glances and varied responses in Uttar Pradesh. Some will ask you to hush up, others will ignore your query and a few may lend a helping hand by pointing towards shops and offering tips on...
More »Adityanath, No Stranger To Criminal Cases, Promises Safer UP -Milan Vaishnav
-NDTV In his maiden appearance after being named Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath proclaimed that his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government would maintain a laser-like focus on the twin themes of combating corruption and restoring law and order. "In the past 15 years," Adityanath noted, "UP lagged behind in the race of development as previous governments indulged in corruption, nepotism, and failed on the law order front." Indeed, one of...
More »Illegal slaughterhouse crackdown: UP strike hits Delhi hard, meat supply down -Parvez Sultan and Abhinav Rajput
-Hindustan Times New Delhi: Meat traders’ strike in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh has halved Delhi’s supply and sent the prices soaring, with mutton selling for Rs 500 a kilo in some areas on Monday. Traders at Ghazipur, Delhi’s only slaughter house and biggest wholesale meat market, said they were not getting cattle from Uttar Pradesh, the biggest suppliers of animals, which had led to buffalo and Goat meat costing at least 25% more. “Around...
More »Nearly 25% of UP's adults are underweight, higher than the national average
Political commentaries and analyses about the recently concluded assembly elections in 5 states is not yet over. However, amidst the big debates and discussions on development and changing social dynamics, insufficient attention is being paid to the nutritional data that has been released early this year. Among the 5 states where assembly polls were conducted recently, it is the state of Uttar Pradesh that has the highest proportion of adult...
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