-IndiaToday.in Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi courted controversy with remarks he made recently about "UP, Bihar de bhaiye" at a poll rally in Punjab. This week, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi brought 'bhaiya' back into political business. Flanked by senior Congress party colleague Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, CM Channi told an election audience that he "will not let the 'Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi de bhaiye', who have come here to rule, enter"...
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A leg-up for cooperatives -Anshu Singh, Pallavi Ingale and Hema Yadav
-The Hindu Business Line A host of initiatives in the Budget should make the sector vibrant Budget 2022 seeks to double farmers’ income by building a robust system that enables easier access to finance, the marketplace and new-age technology. The government has allocated a sizeable amount for rural infrastructure development. This will help farmers get better access to the marketplace National Federation of State Co-operative Banks (NAFSCOB) data of 2019-20 shows that around...
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-Newsclick.in "Whosoever comes to power; my request is to constitute a technical team and explore and work on all the possible options to address and curb this menace." Udta Punjab, a Bollywood film released in 2016, highlighted the issue of the severe drug problem in Punjab. The movie acted as an eye-opener for many in the state. After five years, as the state is ready for another Assembly poll, the film has...
More »Reviving the ‘Kerala Model’ of development -Shashi Tharoor and Vinod Thomas
-The Hindu Its lustre is fading as there are threats from emerging social and environmental risks, but the question is how Kerala has long been recognised to have done many things right. For years the darling of development experts, non-governmental organisations and social activists, the ‘Kerala Model’ seemed to show that impressive levels of human development indicators — in health, education and quality of life, comparable even to some rich countries —...
More »Left Mumbai to be with our family, say migrants on PM Modi's statement in Parliament -Mustafa Shaikh
-IndiaToday.in Some of the migrant workers said that they left Mumbai during the first Covid-19 outbreak to be with their respective families. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "Congress crossed all limits during the first wave of the infection. The party (Congress) gave free TRAIn tickets to migrant workers to leave Mumbai...As a result, the Covid spread rapidly in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.” India Today TV spoke to...
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