-ThePrint.in High exports driven by demand from China led to shortage in country, where broken rice is used to make ethanol & as cattle feed. Lower & delayed planting likely to hit production too. New Delhi: On 8 September, India, the world’s largest exporter of rice, announced export curbs to tame spiralling retail prices. The move was anticipated because lower and delayed planting, in the face of deficit rainfall, are estimated to...
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RTI Reveals 122 Deaths by Suicide in WB District; NCRB Report, State Govt Had 'Zero'
-TheWire.in 'The Hindu' has reported on RTI replies revealing a high figure of deaths by suicide among farmers and farm labourers in Paschim Medinipur district. This is contrary to claims by the state government and the most recent NCRB report. New Delhi: A Right to Information response has revealed that a district in West Bengal saw 122 deaths by suicide among farmers and those associated with agricultural work, The Hindu has reported....
More »CBI to probe AAP Delhi govt for 'irregularities' in purchase of 1,000 low-floor buses
-PTI/ The Telegraph Complaint was forwarded to the Chief Secretary on July 22 to seek comments from departments of Delhi government and consequently their recommendations Delhi LG V K Saxena has approved a proposal to forward a complaint to the CBI to probe the alleged corruption in the procurement of 1,000 low-floor buses by the DTC, official sources said on Saturday. A complaint addressed to Saxena in June this year had highlighted the...
More »Centre Approves Rs.27,360 Crore To Develop Schools Under PM-SHRI Scheme
-PTI/NDTV.com The schools will be "technologically driven" and will be developed into Green schools, incorporating environment-friendly tools like solar panels, LED lights, nutrition gardens with natural farming, waste management. New Delhi: The 14,000 schools to be developed as PM-SHRI schools will be selected through a three-stage challenge where they will compete for support to become "exemplary" schools, according to Ministry of Education officials. The schools will be geo-tagged for the selection and monitoring,...
More »India imposes export curbs on rice as domestic prices rise & paddy area shrinks -Sayantan Bera
-ThePrint.in Twenty per cent export tax on several varieties of rice. 'Circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action', says revenue dept notification. New Delhi: India, the world’s largest exporter of rice, Thursday imposed a 20 per cent export tax on several varieties of rice in a bid to tame domestic prices. According to a notification issued by the department of revenue, all export of paddy (unmilled rice), brown rice and...
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