-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The agriculTure ministry on Wednesday said that farmer-friendly policy measures have helped reduce import of pulses, wheat and edible oils. Import of pulses declined by 10 lakh tonnes from FY17 to 56.5 lakh tonnes in 2017-18, resulting in saving of foreign exchange amounting to Rs 9,775 crore, the ministry said in a statement. As per the government’s third advance estimate, output of pulses — largely gram, urad and...
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-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday assured the Supreme Court that the proposed Cauvery Water Management Board would be the sole arbiter for deciding the allocation and utilisation of river water. The court asserted that rivers are national assets on which no state can claim exclusive right. The court Turned down Karnataka's plea that the hearing in the Cauvery dispute be adjourned till the first week of July since there is...
More »How Many Jobs Are Really Being Created by the Modi Govt's Mudra Scheme? -Noor Mohammad
-TheWire.in Figures highlighted in an RTI reply cut to the heart of a debate over the government’s assertion to count Mudra loan beneficiaries as employed. New Delhi: Struggling to deliver on the poll promise to create one crore jobs a year, the Narendra Modi government and the BJP may have found a face-saver in the flagship self-employment Mudra scheme, launched under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) in 2015. However, three years in,...
More »How State budgets will fare if petrol, diesel are brought under GST -Rohan Abraham
-The Hindu While consumers will be glad to see their fuel bills slashed by the advent of a favourable rate strucTure under the GST, State governments will have to contend with an erosion in tax revenue. At the time of writing, petrol was retailing at Rs.82.48/litre in Mumbai, roughly 62% more than the Rs.50.8/litre Pakistanis shell out for a tank of gas. This is despite the fact that crude oil prices are...
More »As Land Acquisition Continues Unabated, Gujarat Farmers Seek Permission to Die -Damayantee Dhar
-TheWire.in Fearing that their land will be taken away by the government, over 5,000 farmers from Bhavnagar have sought permission for mass euthanasia along with their families. Bhavnagar (Gujarat): On April 1, about 100 heavily armed police personnel marched into a nondescript village, Badi in Ghogha taluka of Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district, and fired tear gas shells and lathi-charged locals, injuring about ten persons, including women, and detained more than 50. All...
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