-The Tribune 1,800 complaints received in Rohtak I 1,150 in Jhajjar I 1,050 in Rewari district Rohtak: Around 4,000 farmers in Rohtak, Jhajjar and Rewari districts have sought compensation under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Beema Yojana (PMFBY) for the loss to their wheat and mustard crop due to waterlogging caused by rain this month. They have filed applications with the local offices of the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department in this respect. As per...
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COVID-19: THRee States Had 3.5L Excess Deaths, and the Ex Gratia May Elude Many -Tapasya, Harshitha Manwani and Mayank Aggarwal
-TheWire.in/ The Reporters' Collective * Excess deaths in Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh were over 12-times the corresponding official COVID-19 death toll until early January 2022. * Data from across the country suggests governments are undercounting COVID-19 deaths by the lakhs, possibly to avoid the charge of epidemic mismanagement. * As a result, facilitated by disparate protocols, poor record-keeping and red-tape, thousands of families haven’t received the compensation they are due. Last year, just as...
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-Newsclick.in The latest discussion over the Codes, if true, clearly indicates a crucial shift in the position of the Central government. What does this shift mean for trade unions, which have given a call for two-day nationwide strike on February 23 and 24. New Delhi: On Wednesday, a major Indian business newspaper reported that the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment was considering introducing the four controversial Labour Codes in a staggered...
More »Climate and food price rise: Extreme weather events triggering unprecedented food inflation -Richard Mahapatra
-Down to Earth Unfavourable, unreliable weather hurt agriculture, in turn pushing food prices our of reach across the world At 14.23 per cent, India’s wholesale inflation rate in November 2021 was the highest in THRee decades. It did reduce marginally to 13.56 per cent the next month, according to government data released January 14, 2022. But even that is bad news for the Centre ahead of Assembly elections in five states, including...
More »1,750 Indians died due to extreme weather events in 2021, says new IMD report
In the month of January this year, more than 100 homeless persons died (please click here and here to access) in Delhi-NCR due to cold wave like conditions. Although a Delhi-based non-government organisation (NGO) Centre for Holistic Development (CHD) made that claim, and therefore asked the Chief Minister of Delhi to make proper arrangements for the homeless poor during winters, the officials of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB)...
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