-PTI Says there are serious deficiencies in the action plan presented by state govt for lifting foodgrains of about 700,000 tonnes meant for PDS Criticising the Bihar government for not lifting foodgrains allotted to the state for public distribution, the Centre has given it an ultimatum to complete the exercise by August 31. In a letter to Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said there are "serious...
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Bihar records highest dip in poverty ratio -Chetan Chauhan
-The Hindustan Times In what could be a relief to Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar, the C Rangarajan panel on poverty estimation report has said that in Bihar the poverty ratios dipped by over one-third in just two years between 2009-10 and 2011-12 - much greater than any other state in India. Kumar had resigned as Bihar chief minister after receiving drubbing at the hands of the BJP-led...
More »Backlog blow to e-district -Chhandosree
-The Telegraph June 23, 2013: Ranchi is honoured at the e-India Governance Summit in Hyderabad for best use of information and communication technology in rural development June 2, 2014: The capital district is grappling with a backlog of more than 4,500 applications for online services such as issuing of birth, death and caste certificates The abysmal sign of regression has taken Ranchi district authorities, hitherto engrossed with one of the country's most historic...
More »Aadhaar, fuel hikes, LPG cap hurt us in Lok Sabha polls: Cong minister -Jayanth Jacob
-The Hindustan Times The Aadhaar scheme, touted as ‘gamechanger' by the UPA government, ended up hurting the Congress in the Lok Sabha polls, said outgoing Union food and consumer affairs minister KV Thomas. "The Aadhaar initiative, and the objective of linking welfare schemes with it, didn't find favour with the people. The decision was not appreciated by voters," Thomas told HT on the eve of the Congress Working Committee meeting on Monday,...
More »Did Naxals push voters to press NOTA? -Soumittra S Bose
-The Times of India NAGPUR: The voting figures available after elections show an extensive use of 'None of the above' (NOTA) option in most Naxal-affected Lok Sabha constituencies like Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, Bastar and Kanker in Chhattisgarh and Adilabad in Andhra Pradesh. The wide use of NOTA has led to suspicions that Naxals may have prompted voters to go for it given that they had called for a boycott of polls. In...
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