-PTI New Delhi: The government is likely to INCrease the budget allocation for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) to ? 13,000 crore for 2018-19 from ?10,701 crore for the current financial year. The Union Budget for 2018-19 will be presented on February 1. Under the upgraded crop insurance scheme PMFBY that was launched early 2016, farmers pay very nominal premium and get full claim for damages. Budget allocation for the PMFBY could...
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Upper caste farmers stand to gain more from loan waivers -Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times Access to formal credit can be a major game-changer in determining farm-INComes. It is to be expected that richer farmers would find it easier to avail of formal credit lines. What ails Indian farmers? The answer to this question is often mired in ideological quarrels. Some blame a lack of reforms in agricultural markets, while others accuse the state of not doing enough to support farming. Systemic issues are...
More »Aadhaar Of Injustice -Anjali Bhardwaj & Amrita Johri
-The Indian Express Linking it to ration cards ends up denying poor their rightful entitlements In September 2017, 11-year-old Santoshi, resident of Simdega district of Jharkhand, succumbed to starvation. According to her mother, she died “asking for rice, but there was not a single grain at home”. She was deprived of her subsidised ration as her family’s ration card was cancelled because it was not linked to Aadhaar. Marandi in Jharkhand met...
More »India misses Kala Azar elimination deadline -Abantika Ghosh
-The Indian Express In fact, endemic blocks have INCreased from 61 to 68 in 17 districts of Bihar and Jharkhand. New Delhi: India has missed the 2017 deadline that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had announced for elimination of Kala Azar (black fever) in his Budget speech last year. In fact, endemic blocks have INCreased from 61 to 68 in 17 districts of Bihar and Jharkhand. The matter was taken up at a meeting...
More »Anthem not must but stand if played -R Balaji
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that cinemas need not compulsorily play the national anthem but if they did, everyone in the audience except the physically challenged must stand up. The apex court modified its own order issued in 2016 after the Centre, in keeping with its altered stand that was articulated on Monday, said the earlier directives on the national anthem had been abused and they could...
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