-FirstPost.com New Delhi: India is in the grip of a drought for the SECond year running. On an average, 9 farmers committed suicide daily in Maharashtra alone last year. A fight against drought of course needs adequate supply of drinking water and foodgrain but it also requires the government to augment existing Central initiatives and launch new schemes for affected states. Is the government doing enough to help drought affected regions? Last week,...
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Maharashtra farm crisis deepens as output of cereal and pulses falls considerably -Prachi Salve
-Scroll.in/ India Spend Agricultural growth in the state is set to decline 2.7% for the year 2015-16 The production of cereals is projected to fall 41%, and pulses 11%, as agricultural growth in Maharashtra is set to decline 2.7% for the year 2015-'16, after deficient rainfall in 278 of 355 talukas (sub-units of districts), according to the Economic Survey of Maharashtra 2015-'16. In 2015, the rainfall in Maharashtra was 60% of normal, and...
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-The Hindu Structural reforms and improving productive capacity can enhance long-term growth NITI Aayog, the government’s policy think tank, is working on a SECtor-based medium-term planning framework, Union Finance SECretary Ratan P. Watal told a meeting of state finance SECretaries on Monday. The new planning framework could replace five-year plans, the last of which is set to end in 2016—17, Mr. Watal said. It was possible to synchronise with the finance commission cycle,...
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-The Indian Express A new initiative attempts to economically empower villagers living near Kanha National Park, and protect its green cover and wildlife. The Kanha–Pench forest corridor is rich in biodiversity and home to a large concentration of tigers, leopards, gaurs, barasingha, and cheetal. But with the population of the villages increasing and land holdings shrinking, conservation efforts were paramount. If the needs of the villagers for improved livelihoods are not...
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-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The NITI Aayog will draw up schedules for key social SECtor programmes to counter the criticism that implementation has been slow even two years after the Narendra Modi government took over. The Aayog's Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Kant made several outcome-based presentations to the Prime Minister last month on SECtors such as education, health, rural development and infrastructure. Timelines have been established to achieve progress in areas...
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