-Livemint.com * Odisha have been reeling under flood, leading to crop damage and supply chain disruption * Vegetables prices have shot up in the markets of Bhubaneswar as several districts of Odisha Recurrent floods in several districts of Odisha have led to crop damage and supply chain disruptions which further hiked the prices of vegetables in the state. Tomatoes are sold at ₹25 per kg in downtown Bhubaneswar, a jump of around five rupees...
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Amid shortage of AIDS drug, UT relies on nearby states -Naina Mishra
-The Tribune Patients being provided medicines for one month only Chandigarh: Reeling under a shortage of medicines used in the treatment of patients infected with HIV, the Chandigarh Health Department is relying on other states to meet the demand. There are 231 HIV positive patients in the city, of whom six are pregnant women. The adult HIV prevalence in Chandigarh has decreased from 0.5% in 2003 to 0.25 % in 2006 and has...
More »‘0.01%’ street Vendors from minority communities benefit from Centre’s loan scheme, finds RTI query -Gaurvi Narang
-ThePrint.in A total of 32.26 lakh loans were disbursed under the PM SVANidhi scheme between June 2020 & May 2022, according to data revealed by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. New Delhi: Only 0.01 per cent street Vendors belonging to minority communities have benefitted from the Centre’s PM SVANidhi scheme between June 2020 and May 2022, an Right To Information (RTI) query has revealed. A total of 32.26 lakh loans...
More »Tomato rates up 44% in Delhi in 1 mth; avg price up 27% across major cities
-PTI/ Business Standard Traders attributed the increase in prices to crop failure in South India. Tomatoes from North India got diverted to the south, affecting supplies in the Delhi region, they added The price of tomatoes in the national capital has jumped 44 per cent in the last one month to Rs 46 per kg with supply being disrupted due to heat wave and lower production in South India. According to data available...
More »Inflation Spiral is Hitting the Working Poor the Hardest -Sanjay Roy
-IPA News Service/Newsclick.in Time is ripe to do away with every central cess on petroleum products and reject the government’s narrative that the poor are hurt less by higher prices than the rich. The country is in the grip of an inflationary spiral resulting in a galloping price rise of all essential goods used by people. This crushing price burden is making life exceedingly difficult for the rural and urban poor. The retail...
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