-Scroll.in Activists also challenge the government's proposal to make Aadhaar mandatory for social schemes. Soon after the Budget was presented in the Parliament on February 29, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described its provisions as pro-poor, pro-farmer and pro-village. But two weeks on, seven grassroots campaigns working on the right to food, public health, education, sanitation, and the rural employment guarantee programme said that the Budget will fail to sustain existing welfare schemes. In...
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Feel Free To Leave India, Says Government to Monsanto in GM Cotton Row
-NDTV Profit / Agencies US seed company Monsanto is welcome to leave India if it does not want to lower prices of genetically modified cotton seeds as directed by the government, a minister said on Wednesday, in a sign the rift between New Delhi and the firm is widening. The comments come as the government expects to develop its own genetically modified (GM) cotton varieties early next year to end Monsanto's dominance;...
More »Government aims to bring 50% farmers under PMFBY in next few years
-PTI MUMBAI: Government is targeting to double the insurance coverage under crop insurance through Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in a couple of years, a senior government official said here today.&NBSp; The scheme will be implemented in the country effective from April 1.&NBSp; "The government is targeting to double the crop insurance coverage in the country through Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in a couple of years," joint secretary ministry of agriculture...
More »Can the BJP take back the Rajya Sabha after the Assembly elections? -Aditi Phadnis
-Business Standard In the balance hangs the GST Bill, which enjoys some support across the aisle, but has been blocked in the Upper House by the Congress and some of its allies Will this be the year the BJP-led NDA gets a working majority in the Rajya Sabha? Consider that nearly 75 MPs in the Rajya Sabha will retire and be replaced by new faces. Some of them – like Venkaiah Naidu, Nirmala Sitharaman...
More »‘Naga people work very hard; so should we’
-The Morung Express Chizami: “The Nagas are very hard working people,” said Swarupama continually on her first visit to Nagaland from Yedakupalli village in Medak district of Telangana State. She is a senior leader among the team of Dalit women farmers, videographers and coordinator here for the International Women’s Day and Biodiversity Festival observed by the North East Network in Chizami, Phek district, on March 8 and 9. The women are part...
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