-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Congress on Monday asserted that boastful claims and sermons on the economy after the completion of four years of the Narendra Modi government were of little value as the lives of ordinary people had worsened because of reckless decisions and administrative incompetence at a time when the global economy was looking up. Former finance minister P. Chidambaram said at a news conference: "The RBI's Consumer Confidence Survey...
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An unexceptional economic performance -Pulapre Balakrishnan
-The Hindu It is now clear that the Indian economy is moving along a lower growth path At the end of May the Central Statistics Office (CSO) released much-awaited estimates of national income for the final quarter of the 2017-18 financial year. The timing coincided with the completion of four years in office of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. In a propaganda blitz, surging through the Net, the government embraced the...
More »PMFBY: Modi govt's crop insurance scheme sees decline in farmers' enrolment -Namrata Acharya
-Business Standard Between FY16 and FY17, the number of farmers enrolled in the scheme declined from about 57.3 million to about 48.5 million, a fall of around 15% Kolkata: The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the flagship crop insurance scheme of the Narendra Modi government, has entered its third year of operation, albeit with a substantial decline in farmers' enrolment in its second year, the data reveals. Between FY16 and FY17, the...
More »Sugarcane crisis: Govt focuses on technology fixes, but not on mounting dues to farmers -Kundan Pandey
-Down to Earth While sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh owe about Rs 12,500 crore to farmers, the government’s measures were directed mostly towards tackling current price crash In a knee-jerk reaction to the defeat in Kairana by-elections, the Narendra Modi government, on Wednesday, took a slew of policy decisions related to sugarcane industry. The plight of sugarcane farmers was a big issue during the recently concluded by-elections in this town in...
More »Under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, Atal Bihari Vajpayee's village faces neglect -Siraj Qureshi
-IndiaToday.in Agra: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed charge four years ago, he declared that the development of villages was top on his priorities. For this, he asked all BJP MPs to adopt at least one village in their constituency under the 'Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana', even urging the lawmakers from other parties to follow the suit. However, none of the villages adopted by about 400 MPs of BJP, can claim to be...
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