-IANS With the central and state governments, and even the National Green Tribunal (NGT), coming down heavily on stubble-burning in Punjab and Haryana, farmers in both the states say they have few options available to avoid burning the crop residue. With a bumper paddy crop expected in the two agrarian states this kharif season -- likely in excess of 22.5 million tonnes -- the crop residue that will be burnt by farmers...
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Stand Up India plan slowing down: Only 6% of bank branches gave loans to SC/STs -Shyamlal Yadav
-The Indian Express In all, the 42 RRBs have sanctioned Stand Up India loans to 536 people — 97 under the SC head, 32 in the ST category and 407 general category women. Three RRBs have not sanctioned a single such loan to general category women. Every bank has been told that it will be your responsibility to ensure that wherever you have a branch, you have to give loans to two...
More »UP: Some comic no relief -Abheek Barman
-The Economic Times blog In 2016-17, the average Indian earned Rs 1.12 lakh a year, about Rs 9,300 every month. That year, the average person in Kerala made Rs 1.98 lakh a year, a monthly income of Rs 16,500. Uttar Pradesh is home to 200 million people, the combined population of Italy, South Korea and Spain. Each average person in UP earns Rs 72,300 every year, around Rs 6,000 per month. The...
More »Death convict should die in peace, not in pain, says Supreme Court -Amit Anand Choudhary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Observing that a convict facing death must die in peace and not in pain, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine whether execution of death sentence by hanging could be replaced by other less painful procedures like by injecting lethal injection or shooting. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said the government and Parliament could...
More »Supreme Court collegium should explain why Justice Jayant Patel's transfer was in public interest -Sruthisagar Yamunan
-Scroll.in The manner in which the transfer was effected has raised questions about transparency in judicial appointments. Justice Jayant Patel of the Karnataka High Court resigned on September 25, after he was transferred to the Allahabad High Court. The transfer meant Patel lost the opportunity to become chief justice of the Karnataka High Court, where he was the second-most senior judge. In the Allahabad High Court, he would have been relegated to the...
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