-Newsclick.in PM Modi - who promised to create 1 crore jobs - is supremely indifferent to this crushing crisis. In Jind district of Haryana, 8 Posts of peon and one Post of process server were advertised. Authorities were inundated with 14,836 applications for the former and 3662 for the latter. That’s about 2055 applicants per vacancy. Although the peon’s position required just class 10 eligibility, graduates, Post graduates and even PhD...
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Aadhaar open to attack from cyber criminals: RBI-backed paper
-The Hindu Bengaluru: Aadhaar, an identity number issued to all Indians based on their biometric and demographic data, faces a potential threat from cyber criminals which can cripple the economy, according to a white paper done by the Institute for Development and Research in Banking, which is affiliated to the Reserve Bank of India. “Thanks to Aadhaar, for the first time in the history of India, there is now a readily...
More »RS Prasad's intervention isn't enough: 4 more questions arising from Tribune's Aadhaar story -Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
-Scroll.in Why did UIDAI ask for an FIR against the journalist if it respects press freedom? Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tried to calm some nerves on Monday, following allegations that his government is attempting to gag the press from reporting on security vulnerabilities connected to Aadhaar. Prasad Posted a tweet saying the government is committed to a free press and asked the body that oversees Aadhaar to get help from...
More »Bullish Agri Ministry expects higher GVA growth in 2017-18
-The Hindu Business Line ‘CSO’s advance estimate factored in crop coverage data only till August 2017’ New Delhi: The Agriculture Ministry is hopeful of the overall agriculture sector Posting a “much higher” gross value added (GVA) growth for 2017-18 than the 2.1 per cent growth estimate put out by the CSO’s advance estimates on Friday. The optimism of achieving a higher than estimated growth rate of 2.1 per cent stems from the fact...
More »Model contract farming Act to counter price risks: Experts -Madhvi Sally
-The Economic Times New Delhi: The government has come out with a draft model contract farming act, which industry insiders said will protect farmers from price risks and encourage food processing companies to invest more in infrastructure and farming technology once states adopt it. The agriculture ministry has put up the model act on its website for various stakeholders, including contract farming and value chain promoting companies, producers' organisations and farmers, to...
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