-The Hindu Replacement of systems more than 7 years old, Centre’s digital push lead to cutting down on new installations A combination of factors, including cash crunch following demonetisation of high value notes announced in November last, have led to commercial banks cutting down on the number of automated teller machines (ATMs) particularly those not located in branches (off-site ATMs), latest RBI data showed. According to Reserve Bank of India (RBI), there were...
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A field of her own -Tarini Mohan
-The Indian Express Advancing rights of women farmers can revolutionise the rural ecosystem The stereotypical image of an Indian farmer is a mustachioed man, clad in a white dhoti with farming tools in hand. The reality is the Indian agricultural landscape is fast being feminised. Already, women constitute close to 65 per cent of all agricultural workers. An even greater share, 74 per cent of the rural workforce, is female. Despite their...
More »Now the cows are home -Milind Ghatwai
-The Indian Express They are on the roads and in the fields. Farmers are worried, as are MLAs. 13 years after its anti-cow slaughter Act, Madhya Pradesh struggles with stray cows Nestled along a rocky hillock in Tikamgarh, this small village of about a thousand residents follows a fixed ritual at twilight. Before retiring for the day, the men of Dumbar herd cows wandering in the village’s lanes into a makeshift enclosure,...
More »Bihar has only 2 legal abattoirs, all others to shut -Piyush Tripathi
-The Times of India PATNA: After Uttar Pradesh, Bihar has now decided to clamp down on all illegal slaughterhouses in the state. The state's animal and fisheries resources minister Pashupati Kumar Paras made this announcement on Saturday, which will mean closure of virtually all the 140-odd abattoirs in Bihar. Only two slaughterhouses in the state are legal. "I have asked the department secretary to furnish a report on all slaughterhouses in the...
More »Indian seafood exporters may go under scanner in EU, exports to be impacted -Nirmalya Behera
-Business Standard EU commission is dissatisfied both with non-compliance and lack of progress by Indian authorities Bhubaneswar: Indian seafood exports may come under inspection in the European Union (EU), the third-largest market of India, because antibiotics are being frequently found in them. Speculation among UK importers is rife that the EU is considering a ban on aquaculture products from India though there is nothing to support this. In 2016-17, the European Union accounted for...
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