-The Economic Times The government wants to train the rural youth to take up manufacturing jobs, but an official survey has shown that nearly a fifth of youth in the countryside enrolled for vocational training opted to learn driving or become car mechanics in the hope of earning a decent salary in cities. Computer training was the second-most desired skill among the rural youth, shows a report based on the National Sample...
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Kisan Credit Cards: Bad loan bubble waiting to burst?-Dinesh Unnikrishnan
-Live Mint Subsidized loans given to farmers through KCCs could very well be the next big source of NPAs for Banks Mumbai: A surge in exposure to farm debt through Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs) could emerge as a risk for India's state-run Banks, according to experts. Subsidized loans are given to farmers through KCCs by state-owned Banks. Until March 2012, the outstanding amount on such loans was`1.6 trillion through 20.3 million cards, as...
More »Plastic waste time bomb ticking for India, SC says -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India "We are sitting on a plastic time bomb," the Supreme Court said on Wednesday after the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) informed it that India generates 56 lakhtonnes of plastic waste annually, with Delhi accounting for a staggering 689.5 tonnes a day. "Total plastic waste which is collected and recycled in the country is estimated to be 9,205 tonnes per day (approximately 60% of total plastic waste) and...
More »Girl cries molestation, HC gives Bank officer bail says, 'holds high post' -Mayura Janwalkar
-The Indian Express Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to a senior Bank official accused of molesting a teenage girl, saying that "he is a high-profile person and has been exposed to humiliation already". Joginder Singh, a deputy general manager with the Oriental Bank of Commerce, was booked by the police for allegedly molesting a 16-year-old girl in the lift of his residential building in Vile Parle on...
More »Rights body directs police to probe SFI leader’s death
-The Hindu The Opposition, including the Left Front, has demanded a thorough probe into the incident. Taking a serious view of the death of Students' Federation of India leader Sudipta Gupta in police custody, the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) directed the City Police Commissioner on Wednesday to probe the matter and submit a report within seven days. "The Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of the matter and directed the Commissioner...
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