-The Hindu Business Line The National e-Governance Plan can ensure that higher devolution of funds translates into improved outcomes Cutting edge technology is, no doubt, empowering. The right application of technology can boost productivity in all sectors of the economy: agriculture, manufacturing, services, business and governmental activities. Technology enables informed decision-making, stakeholder participation and efficient service delivery and can help ensure transparency, accountability, and rule of law leading to inclusive good governance....
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Monsoon rampage: US agency sees landslide threat for UP, Bihar, Sikkim -Vinson Kurian
-The Hindu Business Line Over 30 people are believed to have died in Friday’s cloudburst in Uttarakhand Thiruvananthapuram: Friday’s cloudburst over Uttarakhand, which is believed to have led to the deaths of over 30 people, could just be a sample of what is to come during the rest of the week, according to the US Climate Prediction Centre. The US agency has indicated the possibility of floods/landslides for the eastern parts of the...
More »In drought-hit Saurashtra, poor internet network can often mean no food rations -Aarefa Johari
-Scroll.in In this parched region of Gujarat, cattle are either starving to death or have been abandoned. Two months ago, Bhimabhai Chhaiya made a hopeful trip to the government ration shop near his village of Sumri in Gujarat’s Jamnagar district. After three consecutive years of poor rainfall, the cotton farmer was heavily in debt. Food prices, meanwhile, seemed to be at an all-time high. Wheat, which had cost Rs 20 to Rs 25...
More »One year of housing for all: At this pace, it’s indeed a dream by 2022 -Shalini Nair
-The Indian Express Housing activists say that a heavy reliance on private sector is the prime reason for poor pace of implementation of the PMAY New Delhi: A year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) with the stated purpose of constructing two crore houses for the urban poor by 2022—at the rate of 30 lakh houses per year— merely 1,623 houses have been constructed so far. The...
More »Danger of drought looms over Chhattisgarh, June records 59% deficit rain -Rashmi Drolia
-The Times of India Raipur: Chhattisgarh faces danger of drought, as the state received 59% deficit rain in June. Moreover, monsoon appears to be feeble in the coming months because low pressure over Bay of Bengal is moving only towards Bastar. These are the findings of a weather analysis report prepared by IIT-Bhubaneswar and NASA, said professor ASRAS Sastri, prominent researcher of agro-meteorology in Chhattisgarh. The report also warned that not only...
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