-The Hindu The issue of food wastage must be fully understood, so that an effective strategy can be drawn up When Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought up the issue of food wastage on his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme about two months ago, he endorsed a valid point when he asked people not to waste food. Though he raised an extremely critical issue of national importance, he could also have used the occasion...
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Finance Ministry aims to set up anti-profiteering body by August -Surabhi
-The Hindu Business Line Firms seen to be largely cooperating New Delhi: To clear confusion over the new prices of items under the Goods and Services Tax, the Finance Ministry is working to set up a National Anti-Profiteering Authority to curb any unwarranted price hikes. “The process for selection of members and the Chairman will start soon. We are working to ensure that the authority can be set up by early next month,...
More »Maharastra farm loan waiver: Panel for blanket waiver in suicide-hit Vidarbha, Marathwada -Nanda Kasabe
-The Financial Express Pune: Prominent farm activist and current chairman of the special Task Force constituted by the government of Maharashtra on agrarian crisis, Kishore Tiwari, has urged CM Devendra Fadnavis to cover all the farmers of the 14 distressed districts of Vidarbha and Marathwada in the blanket loan waiver announced on Sunday without any conditions. Welcoming the loan waiver announced by the government, Tiwari said farmers in the distressed districts...
More »Women labour in drought-hit Karnataka on a mission to revive water bodies -Vikram Gopal
-Hindustan Times These women have come together to force the administration to give them designated work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. The scorching heat and glaring sun don’t seem to deter the spirit of villagers clearing weed and silt from a dry lake in Bevanahalli, Mandya district. Sowbhagya, one of the labourers, from the 75-member group is worried about completing the task assigned on time. “The authorities gave us...
More »Govt sets up Task Force to look into jobs data discrepancies
-PTI The government attaches the highest priority to job creation, says Arvind Panagariya The government has set up a Task Force headed by Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya to recommend ways to deal with employment data discrepancies and come up with reliable solutions to promote job creation. “A Task Force has been created under the chairmanship of the vice-chairman, NITI Aayog Arvind Panagariya with Labour Secretary M Sathiyavathy, Secretary Statistics T C A...
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