-ThePrint.in Apples from Kashmir start coming to Delhi in the last week of August, but the communication & transport restrictions have skewed the supply this year. New Delhi: Apple prices are likely to double in Delhi’s retail market in a month’s time because of the severe disruption in the supply chain from Kashmir, traders at Delhi’s Azadpur Mandi, Asia’s largest wholesale market for vegetables and fruits, told ThePrint. Apples from Kashmir start coming...
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Government violates NFSA, thousands of women deprived of maternity benefits; reveals survey -Jaideep Deogharia
-The Times of India RANCHI: Noted economist Jean Dreze has accused the Centre of violating National Food security Act by depriving a section of women from maternity benefits which is otherwise guaranteed under NFSA-2013. Survey conducted by Sakina Dhorajiwala of Libtech India along with students from Delhi University, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tata Institute of Social Service (TISS) and Ranchi University in June 2019 has revealed that out of 232 eligible...
More »Centre Rejects Kerala's Demand for Free Rice for Flood Victims
-TheWire.in Instead, the Centre is willing to supply rice at the minimum support price of Rs 26 per kg. New Delhi: The Central government has rejected the Kerala government’s request for a supply of free rice for the victims of floods and heavy rainfall, according to a report in Mathrubhumi. The report also stated that the Centre refused to consider the request to provide rice at Rs 3 per kg under the National...
More »A more precarious citizenship -Sanjib Baruah
-The Indian Express India is unlikely to deport to Bangladesh people who fail NRC test. But the millions who will become non-citizens will have fewer rights The phrase “India’s internal matter” has featured prominently in the country’s diplomacy in recent days. It cropped up repeatedly in the government’s responses to the international fallout of the moves on Jammu and Kashmir: To scrap Article 370 and downgrade the state to a Union...
More »Pear, apple harvest rotting in Kashmir, say Panchayat members from Valley
-PTI Their pear and apple harvest rotting, ration and cash running out — people in several parts of Kashmir are facing financial hardships due to the ongoing shutdown in major parts of the Valley, say three panchayat members from the region. Hailing from Anantnag district of south Kashmir, Talib Hussain, along with fellow panchayat member Iqbal Ahmed and Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, said they were in the national capital to let the...
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