-IndiaToday.in Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has approved Rs 500 crore for the repair and maintenance of school buildings. The chief secretary has been given instructions to carry out the implementation of the same. The instructions state: "To ensure smooth education in all the schools, the work of repairing the schools should be started immediately as soon as the rainy season ends." COMPLAINTS ABOUT STATE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS The chief minister had received information...
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Farmers’ suicides increase by 19% in Andhra Pradesh: NCRB
-Deccan Chronicle Visakhapatnam: Farmer suicides in Andhra Pradesh increased by over 19 per cent in 2021 compared to the previous year, as per the latest National Crime Records Bureau Report. The state stood in third place in farmer suicides in the country, the third time in a row, data provided by the NCRB showed. A total of 1,065 people working in the farm sector (farmers, tenant farmers and workers) ended their lives...
More »Food output may drop this year amid price rise concerns -Zia Haq
-Hindustan Times Planting of key kharif or summer-sown crops, which account for half of the country’s annual food output, was 1.5% lower on August 26 compared to last year, according to farm ministry data India’s food output is likely to fall after six straight record harvests, as extreme weather dented sowing of crops, such as rice and pulses, raising concerns about inflation and tight supplies, data from the farm ministry indicates. Planting of...
More »Daily wage earners, self-employed persons accounted for every fourth suicide in 2021: NCRB data
-National Herald In 2020 as well, as per the data, daily wage earners accounted for the highest share of people who died by suicide, with 37,666 such cases recorded, which came to 24.6 per cent of the total figure Over 26 percent of the people who died by suicide in 2021 were either daily wage earner or those working as ‘self-employed persons’, says a report released by the National Crime Records Bureau...
More »NCRB Report: Punjab’s suicide rate below national average -Jupinderjit Singh
-The Tribune Figures second in country in deaths due to illicit/ spurious liquor Chandigarh: Suicides in Punjab decreased by about half a per cent in 2021, putting the state below the national average of 12 suicides per lakh population. Punjab reported only 8.1 suicides per lakh population. However, the state figures on top in the country in the share of deaths (1,164) in the category of illness and family problems. The state, known for...
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