-Scroll.in An analysis of data shows that the Gujarat model is a bubble waiting to burst. The Gujarat economy continues to be an enigma. In 2014, many considered the state’s economic performance nothing short of miraculous and credited it to the magic touch of Narendra Modi, then the four-term chief minister of the state. This even led to the coinage of a new term: Modinomics. Three years later, as Gujarat heads...
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Data Removed and Data Modified: Archive Reports on Jan Dhan Yojana Website Undergo Changes - Aarthi Prakash
-Newsclick.in Crucial elements of the data on Jan Dhan Yojana have been removed from the government website. This gives rise to many questions. On 15 August 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) scheme with the claimed objective of nation-wide financial INClusion. In his speech, he stated that the initiative was aimed at eradicating ‘financial untouchability’ by opening at least one bank account per household in...
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-The Telegraph New Delhi: India is set to host this weekend a quadrennial global conference on adolescent health that will discuss self-harm, substance abuse, obesity and risk-taking behaviour on the Internet among other risks to the health of young people. About a 1,000 delegates, INCluding public health experts, paediatricians, mental health experts, and health policy-makers, are expected to attend the eleventh World Congress on Adolescent Health, a three-day conference that opens here...
More »Govt hikes wheat MSP by Rs 110 per quintal; pulses, Rs 200 per quintal
-PTI According to sources, the CCEA approved Rs 110 per quintal hike in wheat MSP to Rs 1,735 per quintal for the 2017-18 rabi crop, up from Rs 1,625 per quintal last year. The government today INCreased the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat by Rs 110 to Rs 1,735 a quintal and of pulses by Rs 200 per quintal to help boost the output of these crops and check prices,...
More »Uncertainty over test for school teachers -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Tens of thousands of would-be schoolteachers have been left in the lurch with the Central Teacher Eligibility Test, usually held twice a year, not being conducted at all this year because of a pending guidelines revision. Although the states too hold their own Teacher Eligibility Tests, it's the central test alone that facilitates the selection of elementary teachers at central schools such as the Kendriya and Navodaya Vidyalayas...
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