-The Hindu Business Line Hyderabad: The THRee-day Kisan Swaraj Sammelan, which concluded here on Sunday, has called for an income guarantee scheme for farmers. The meeting, attended by farmers’ representatives and non-governmental organisations, from 25 States in the country, demanded that the Union government must bring out an Act to ensure minimum incomes for farmers. In a declaration announced at the end of the THRee day convention, the conference called for enactment...
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Pilibhit fake encounter: 47 policemen get life imprisonment for killing Sikh pilgrims -Sangeeta Ojha
-India Today All 47 policemen convicted for killing 11 Sikh pilgrims in THRee separate fake encounters in 1991 in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district have been sentenced to life by a special CBI court today. All 47 policemen convicted for killing 11 Sikh pilgrims in THRee separate fake encounters in 1991 in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district have been sentenced to life by a special CBI court today. Last week, the court had held the...
More »Last-mile connectivity a bane for Jan Dhan scheme -Nitin Sethi & Ishan Bakshi
-Business Standard Only 47 per cent of the people with PMJDY accounts have received their RuPay debit cards, while these have been issued to 85 per cent of the beneficiaries Last-mile connectivity pangs have hobbled the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) in several ways, according to a study by MicroSave for the finance ministry. The scheme has helped improve financial inclusion. But insufficient income for banking correspondents (BCs) and a deficiency in...
More »Yes to a government college, but no to government schools -Dipti Jain
-Livemint.com NSSO report shows that private schools are preferred over government schools due to better quality education New Delhi: While presenting the budget for Delhi last month, finance minister Manish Sisodia announced an expenditure of Rs.102 crore on training of teachers and principals in the new fiscal year. This was just Rs.9.4 crore last year. Sisodia said his aim was to bring government schools to world class standards in Delhi. While...
More »In Gujarat, only 530 doctors served in rural areas in 5 years
-PTI AHMEDABAD: Out of more than 4,300 MBBS students who passed out from state-run medical colleges between 2009 and 2014 in Gujarat, only 530 served in government-run hospitals in rural areas for THRee years as per the bond they have to sign at the time of admission. According to the data tabled in the Gujarat assembly recently, the state government has collected more than Rs 15.68 crore from those MBBS students who...
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