-Press Release Pension Parishad Pension Parishad members have decried the manner in which the UPA-II government is appeasing the credit rating agencies and captains of finance and industry while ignoring millions of elderly and deprived people of their right to social security in this country New Delhi, 17 February 2014: Describing the Interim Budget for 2014-15 "as an absolute let-down", Nikhil Dey, speaking on behalf of the Pension...
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A village killed by isolation -Suvojit Bagchi
-The Hindu Increased rebel activity made it impossible for anyone to commute outside Jagargunda unless they left permanently, as the original inhabitants and the new entrants were marked as Salwa Judum supporters, and overtly boycotted by the Maoist-controlled villages surrounding the enclave. In Jagargunda, a large village in south Chhattisgarh, the villagers have been waiting for their winter rations for more than two months. Ordinarily, this would not be news but Jagargunda...
More »FCI to Increase Inter-Regional Movement of Foodgrains
-Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution) In view of increased foograin movement requirement for the implementation of National Food Security Act, FCI has been making efforts to increase Inter-regional movement of foodgrains. It has been) has been rising over the years as under:- It is estimated that for the National Food Security Act (NFSA) implementation, against the allocation of 614.43 lakh tonnes, the...
More »Food subsidy increased to Rs 1,15,000 crore
-Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution) The Government has increased the food subsidy to Rs 1,15,000 crore for financial year 2014-15, mainly for implementation of the National Food Security Act. It is Rs 23,000 crore more than the revised estimates of Rs 92,000 crore for 2013-14. Significant increase in the subsidy has been made to fulfill the Government's commitment to implement the National Food Security Act...
More »Government Cuts Plan Spending by Rs 79, 790 Crore
-Outlook The government today cut Rs 79,790 crore from the budgeted Plan expenditure of Rs 5,55,532 crore for the current financial year against the backdrop of a burgeoning fiscal deficit. The Interim Budget 2014-15, presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in Parliament, projected revised estimates of the Plan expenditure at Rs 4,75,532 crore for 2013-14. For the next financial year starting April 1, the government has kept the the Budget Estimates of Plan...
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