-PTI The Centre will consult state governments early next month to set up a mechanism for protecting farmers' INCome when market prices fall below the minimum support price (MSP), Agriculture Secretary S K Pattanayak said today. A model law is also being prepared to ensure tenant cultivators get institutional credit and interest subsidy, he added. "We will call a meeting of state governments early next month to discuss a mechanism so that farmers...
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SC push for electoral reforms: Candidates now have to declare source of INCome as well
-The Indian Express The landmark order is intended to bring in more transparency in the poll process and comes ahead of elections scheduled to several states. So far, candidates only needed to reveal their INCome, not the sources. New Delhi: Candidates contesting polls will now have to disclose their sources of INCome and that of their family members. The Supreme Court on Friday allowed a petition filed by NGO Lok Prahari which...
More »Budget 2018: Will Women Really Be Better Off at the End of This Fiscal? -Barkha Deva
-TheWire.in In the gender Budget, the Modi government has not done much more than pay lip service to policies that impact women. Soon after the Union Budget was presented, the PMO tweeted Modi as saying: “Special emphasis has been given on women empowerment in the Budget.” A high-voltage communication campaign followed highlighting key proposals for women, INCluding an INCrease in commitments for the Ujjwala scheme to provide free gas connections to eight crore...
More »In Fact: Why India doesn't lose forest cover -Jay Mazoomdaar
-The Indian Express Despite deforestation and human encroachment, the country’s forest cover has remained stable around 20% sINCe Independence. This is because the loss of natural old-growth forests is compensated on paper by expanding monoculture plantations. SINCe Independence, a fifth of India’s land has consistently been under forests. The population has INCreased more than three times sINCe 1947, and from 1951-80, a total 42,380 sq km of forestland was diverted — some...
More »INCredible children and their flying minds -Saba Naqvi
-The Tribune 54 pilot schools in Delhi are changing perception towards schools run by the government Let’s confess. Most of us who complain about the government, on TV and in print, do not need to use government services such as schools and hospitals. The condition of roads impacts our perception of how a government is performing because our air-conditioned cars occasionally travel on those roads — good or bad. If we see...
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