-The Indian Express Indian farmers are facing multiple crises. Punjab’s case highlights their problems. THE ANSWER TO who will form the next government in Punjab is currently sealed in the ballot boxes. Meanwhile, there are reports that the Election Commission has written to the home minister, reinforcing its demand to make electoral bribery a cognisable offence. But what about the assurances made in election manifestos which promise voters the moon before the...
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Panel frowns on static scholarship amount -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has voiced shock that a scholarship for underPRIvileged meritorious students had not been revised since the scheme was launched in 2008, leaving it at less than half of what households now spend on average on a higher secondary student. According to a survey on social consumption, households spend Rs 12,619 a year on a plus-2 student's schooling, while the yearly amount under the National Means-cum-Merit...
More »At Rs 450/quintal, onion PRIces dive to 5-year low -Bhavika Jain
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Onion PRIces in the state have touched a five year low. The average PRIce farmers have fetched for a quintal has been Rs 450. At the Lasalgaon APMC, the biggest market yard for onions in the country, the average PRIce for a quintal has been Rs 740 in February 2016, when the state was reeling under a severe drought. Cost of production for a quintal is Rs...
More »Kharif crops: Farm groups petition agri PRIce panel for remunerative MSP
-The Hindu Business Line Want change in methodology of cost computation New Delhi: A number of farmers’ groups from across the country have given a joint submission to the Commission for Agricultural Costs and PRIces (CACP) seeking a remunerative minimum support PRIce for Kharif crops. The farmers have demanded that CACP conduct a special study on how demonetisation has adversely impacted agriculture and recommend a special component in Kharif 2017-18 as compensation. A...
More »OverPRIced stents: NPPA issues notice to two hospitals -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Promptly addressing complaints against hospitals that were allegedly overcharging for stents, the National Pharmaceutical PRIcing Authority (NPPA) has issued show-cause notices to Max Hospital, Saket (New Delhi), and Nidaan Hospital, Sonipat (Haryana). While the regulator said that the action is based on the findings of its preliminary investigation, both the hospitals denied the charge and maintained that they have "not overcharged a single patient" for stents. On...
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