-The Telegraph At present, India has 195 million households with ration cards (nearly 794 million people), lower than the beneficiaries we intended to target in 2013 Inordinate delays in carrying out the census exercise are depriving millions of Indians who rely on rations for their subsistence. The exclusion of the poorest from the public distribution system in the pre and post-pandemic years was first flagged by the economists, Jean Drèze and Reetika...
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Delhi HC to hear pleas over legal status of PM CARES fund on January 31
-PTI/ The Hindu In July, the court had asked the Centre to file a ‘detailed and exhaustive’ reply on the petition by Samyak Gangwal seeking to declare the PM CARES Fund a ‘State’ The Delhi High Court on September 16 listed for hearing on January 31 pleas concerning the legal status of the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) under the Constitution and the Right...
More »Waste-to-energy plants fuelling Haryana’s fight against stubble burning -Neeraj Mohan
-Hindustan Times Haryana currently has 10 power projects that use paddy straw to generate around 84MW electricity. Besides, there are two paddy straw-based biomass power projects in Kurukshetra and Kaithal, owned by Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA), that consume 3.5 lakh MT of crop waste and generate 15 MW electricity each. Karnal: With around 35 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy crop residue generated every year, Haryana faces a mammoth task...
More »Report calls for rethink as 29 per cent of Chennai city may be inundated in five years
-The New Indian Express Use Chennai Corporation’s draft city climate action plan as base to frame developmental projects, say activists. CHENNAI: While the Chennai Corporation’s draft city climate action plan has been welcomed by various quarters, experts say it may be used as a base document to create a more detailed plan for the future. The report says rising sea levels could submerge 100 metres of coastal area in the next five...
More »Bajra sells below MSP in Haryana -Ravinder Saini
-The Tribune Rewari: Farmers in the district have been forced to sell their bajra (millet) produce to private buyers at much below minimum support price (MSP). The Union Government has fixed Rs 2,350 per quintal as MSP for bajra but it is being bought between Rs 1,750 and Rs 1,825 per quintal. Though the arrival of 71,000 quintals bajra has so far been registered in the local grain market, the state government is...
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