-ThePrint.in Alleged PDS scam was unearthed in 2015 by Chhattisgarh's Anti-Corruption Bureau. SC will hear ED's plea to transfer the probe to CBI on 26 September. New Delhi: Last week, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) made a startling disclosure in the Supreme Court with regard to the seven-year-old alleged Public Distribution System (PDS) or Nagrik Apurti Nigam (NAN) scam in Chhattisgarh. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta claimed that a sitting High Court judge of the...
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Haryana: Farmers Remove Blockade on NH-44 After Govt Agrees to Paddy Procurement Demands
-TheWire.in While the state government will still officially purchase the paddy on October 1 as planned, it assured the farmers that it would begin lifting the crop immediately and would procure a greater amount at MSP. New Delhi: Protesting farmers in Haryana lifted their 21-hour blockade on National Highway 44 in Shahabad in the state’s Kurukshetra area on Saturday, September 24, after the state government agreed to their demands regarding the procurement...
More »Domestic Rice Prices "May Continue To Rise": Food Ministry
-PTI/ NDTV.com The ministry also said that the recent changes in India's rice export rules "have helped keep a check on domestic prices" without reducing the availability for exports. New Delhi: Domestic rice prices are showing an upward trend and it "may continue to increase" due to low kharif production forecast and 11 per cent jump in export of non-basmati rice, the food ministry said today. The statement was made in the fact...
More »Govt eyes stern steps to check food prices -Zia Haq
-Hindustan Times The government is considering price-control measures, such as asking traders to declare their available wheat stocks, and a crackdown on hoarding of grains, he said. India has ample wheat for federally run welfare programmes but speculative trading has pushed up cereal prices, prompting the government to consider measures, such as disclosure of stocks by private traders, a senior official said. The Union government is watching price and stock movements closely and...
More »Demolitions Not Only Continue to Wreck Livelihoods, Now Used as 'Punitive Measure’: Report
-TheWire.in Governments demolished 36,486 houses in 2021 – meaning at least 100 homes were destroyed every day. In other words, at least 567 were evicted every day or 24 people lost their homes every hour. New Delhi: The latest report of the Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) on forced evictions in India has pointed to the new disturbing trend of “demolitions as a punitive measure” by various state governments and noted...
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