-PTI While 773 farmers got Rs one each as compensation, 669 farmers received Rs two each from the insurance company. MUMBAI: Over 2,000 farmers in a tehsil in Maharashtra have received crop insurance compensation ranging from Rs one to Rs five each, an official said. While 773 farmers got Rs one each as compensation, 669 farmers received Rs two each from the insurance company. Rs three each were deposited into the bank accounts...
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Beating back the food police -Swati Narayan
-The Indian Express Many BJP-ruled states deny children a food choice that could address malnutrition Two of every five Indian children are stunted. Eggs are nutrition-dense superfoods packed with proteins and essential vitamins. Washington University researchers, for example, have demonstrated with a randomized control trial that feeding infants eggs daily decreased stunted growth by almost half and underweight by three-quarters. Berkeley researchers have also validated that healthy school meals even improve test...
More »Haryana government's hyped MSP scheme for vegetables comes a cropper -Sukhbir Siwach
-The Indian Express After the market rates crashed to Rs 1-2 per kg, only 565 tomato growers across Haryana received the average price difference payment of Rs 2,136. Kurukshatra: Jasbir Saini shows a message on his iBall mobile phone displaying an amount of Rs 296 credited to his bank account. That’s what the 47-year-old has received as “differential price” on the distress sale of his tomato crop under the Haryana government’s Bhavantar...
More »'Mission Buniyaad' a hit, claims AAP government report
-DNA The Delhi government released an outcome report of its ambitious 'Mission Buniyaad Scheme' claiming that the learning ability of government school students has improved significantly over the past years, with 63 per cent of children in classes 3 to 9 is now able to read their textbooks. According to the National Achievement Survey 2017 published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), only 48 per cent Delhi government...
More »Despite Nutrition Benefits, Most BJP States Keep Eggs out of Mid-Day Meals -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in Eleven BJP-ruled states, three in which it is a coalition partner and three non-BJP states do not serve eggs despite the National Institute of Nutrition making it compulsory under the mid-day meal scheme. New Delhi: While eggs have been established to be an excellent source of protein and all essential nutrients, except vitamin C, for young children, the latest “egg map” – which illustrates how many eggs are distributed per...
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