-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Seeking to rejuvenate the Ganga through a massive plantation exercise in its riverscape, the Centre on Tuesday released a detailed project report (DPR) on the sort of intervention it plans for the river which will see five states plant trees on 83,946 sq km of identified diverse forest areas over the next five years. Timing the release of the report with World Water Day, Union...
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Eastern states to benefit from new LPG scheme -Siddhartha P Saikia
-The Financial Express Govt may spend major chunk of Budget outlay in these states The Modi government would spend major portion of the Rs 2,000- crore Budget outlay for providing LPG to households below poverty line in the eastern states such as Bihar, Jharkhand, west bengal, Odisha and Assam. A senior official in the finance ministry told FE that the nodal petroleum ministry has proposed a detailed road map for the scheme aimed...
More »Girls as good as boys in maths: NCERT survey -Manash Pratim Gohain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The notion that girls are not good with numbers and science is just a myth, if data from a nationwide survey of more than 2.7 lakh students is any indicator. The survey conducted on Class X student showed girls performed on an equal footing with boys in mathematics, science and social sciences. The study, however, upheld another common conception — that girls have better language skills....
More »Can the BJP take back the Rajya Sabha after the Assembly elections? -Aditi Phadnis
-Business Standard In the balance hangs the GST Bill, which enjoys some support across the aisle, but has been blocked in the Upper House by the Congress and some of its allies Will this be the year the BJP-led NDA gets a working majority in the Rajya Sabha? Consider that nearly 75 MPs in the Rajya Sabha will retire and be replaced by new faces. Some of them – like Venkaiah Naidu, Nirmala Sitharaman...
More »Rains, hailstorms unlikely to have major impact on rabi crops: Agriculture Ministry -Sandip Das
-The Financial Express Unseasonal rains and hailstorms in some places over northern states of Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh during the last two days is unlikely have any major impact on output of rabi crops such as wheat and mustard, a senior official with the agriculture ministry said on Sunday. “The impact of rains in the last two days on the standing rabi crops is limited and localised,” Trilochan Mohapatra, Director...
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