-Moneycontrol.com Not only population, but several other factors affect the food system, including climate risks and their impact. An IPCC report predicts up to 30 percent decline in rice yields if global temperatures continue to rise India, a country with just 2.4 percent of the world’s total land area, is the largest producer of milk and pulses, and the second largest producer of rice and wheat, as per the United Nations’ Food...
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Centre to launch new anti-TB programme focused on nutrition
-The New Indian Express One of the main thrust areas of the programme will involve encouraging adopting TB patients so that their nutritional needs are met. NEW DELHI: Even as tuberculosis, one of the biggest killers, saw a 19 percent increase in 2021, the Centre has now planned to launch a new programme -- Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan (PMTBMBA) -- that will encourage financial contributions from not only non-governmental organisations...
More »Ujjwala scheme not shining bright amid soaring LPG prices -Rahul Shrivastava
-IndiaToday.in Beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme are not seeking refills amid soaring prices of LPG cylinders. According to government data, over 50 per cent of beneficiaries sought four or less refills in the last financial year. The government’s poll trump card, the Ujjwala Yojna, faces a serious threat of losing ground as the rising price of the LPG cylinder has led to a drastic fall in the number of refills ordered by...
More »3-day MGNREGA dharna concludes today after highlighting the demands of the workers to the media & policymakers
-Press note by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha dated August 4, 2022 On the final day of the 3-day dharna, despite heavy rains, hundreds of mazdoors from 15 states stayed on at Jantar Mantar to continue raising their voices. Currently, 14 states are running a negative balance on NREGA funds, and 64 percent of the budget for this financial has already been spent. More than Rs. 6800 crores are due in wages to...
More »What does 5 yrs of school give? 1960s-born Indian women learnt more than 1990s kids, says study -Nikhil Rampal
-ThePrint.in Women born in 1960s with 5 years of schooling almost 100% literate, while figure was around 40% for 90s-born women, says working paper by US-based Center for Global Development. New Delhi: There’s no doubt that India has made immense progress in its literacy rate, which rose from about 14 per cent at the time of Independence to 74 per cent in the 2011 census. But, has the quality of school education...
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