-The Hindu BJP lists ‘pro-farmer’ steps; govt. blind to problems: Digvijaya Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha sought to corner the Centre on the issue of agrarian crisis on Tuesday, accusing it of floating policies that were detrimental to farmers’ interests. However, defending the Narendra Modi government, members from the BJP and its allies hailed the “pro-farmer” initiatives taken under his leadership. Prabhat Jha, Parshottam Rupala, Ram Narain Dudi, Sanjay Raut and La....
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At employment exchanges, rise in applications but less than 1% get jobs -Sunny Verma & Sandeep Singh
-The Indian Express While Gujarat comes on top in terms of providing placement through exchanges, it isn’t the top state when it comes to the number of job-seekers. That’s Tamil Nadu with more than 80 lakh registrations with employment exchanges in first nine months of 2015, as against Gujarat which had only 6.88 lakh registrations. With the exception of Gujarat, where employment exchanges have consistently clocked an over 30 per cent...
More »In value terms, the country produces more dung as compared to beef or pork
A recent one-liner about the achievement of the present Central government goes like this: bovine has become ‘divine’ during the NDA’s rule. But why do such jokes originate? Media reports suggest that unprecedented aggression has taken place during the recent months in the name of the peaceful looking animal – cow. Mob lynching and killings by fringe groups have been reported from various pARTs of the country, especially targeting Muslims and...
More »What crop insurance? India's farmers have no clue about the covers Centre doles out for them
-The Economic Times Despite the government talking so much about the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana benefiting India's farmers, most of them have not even heard of any crop insurance scheme by the Centre. About 67% of the 6,000 farmers surveyed by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) had absolutely no idea about government-run crop insurance schemes. CAG's report dealt with crop insurance schemes from 2011 to 2015, including Prime Minister...
More »Govt mulls LPG-like subsidy transfer for PDS foodgrain -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Food ministry is working on a pilot to emulate the direct cooking gas subsidy transfer scheme model for public distribution system (PDS) of subsidised foodgrains. The beneficiaries will get the subsidy amount in advance in their bank accounts and they will have to buy the foodgrains from any ration shop, which has got the electronic point of sale (e-PoS) devices. The food ministry recently sent three...
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