-Hindustan Times The protests over problems with recruitment for railway jobs in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, may well be India’s first large-scale unemployment riots The protests over problems with recruitment for railway jobs in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, may well be India’s first large-scale unemployment riots. The protests have taken place across a large number of places in these two states. News reports suggest that at...
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Climate and food price rise: Extreme weather events triggering unprecedented food inflation -Richard Mahapatra
-Down to Earth Unfavourable, unreliable weather hurt agriculture, in turn pushing food prices our of reach across the world At 14.23 per cent, India’s wholesale inflation rate in November 2021 was the highest in three decades. It did reduce marginally to 13.56 per cent the next month, according to government data released January 14, 2022. But even that is bad news for the Centre ahead of Assembly elections in five states, including...
More »Andhra Pradesh extends support to SC women farmers for natural farming push -Shagun
-Down to Earth The government will use its extensive network of women’s self-help groups to encourage the transition. The Andhra Pradesh government announced financial support to more than 70,000 women from scheduled castes (SC) to promote natural farming among marginal farmers. Natural farming excludes the application of chemicals and promotes traditional agricultural practices. It is regarded as particularly useful for smallholder farmers as it reduces dependency on purchased inputs. A one-time subsidy of...
More »Property Worth Crores Destroyed In Bihar Protests, Say Sources: 10 Points -Parimal Kumar
-NDTV.com Railway property was damaged across four stations in Bihar -- Ara, Gaya, Nawada, Sitamarhi -- which bore the brunt of protests. New Delhi: Railway property worth crores has been damaged and 12 government employees were injured in Bihar during the three-day agitation by students against the changes in railway recruitment rules, sources have said. Here are the Top 10 points in this big story: 1. Railway property was damaged across four stations in...
More »30% vacancies in Central offices as Government holds promotions for past six years -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu Officers are the backbone as files, documents and orders are processed by them Nearly 30% positions are vacant in middle to senior management rank in various Central government Ministries as the Union government has not promoted officials of the Central Secretariat Service (CSS) in the past six years. The employees have petitioned the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to issue promotion orders as many officials have retired in these years,...
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