-Livemint.com India has about 31 lakh registered NGOs and less than 10% have complied with filing of annual returns according to the CBI New Delhi: Finally, we have a number. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said that there are close to 3.1 million non-governmental organisations (NGOs) across 26 states in India. The data was part of the affidavit presented before the Supreme Court on 31 July as part of...
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Onion prices up, govt to import 10,000 tonne -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In the past one month, onion prices have soared by 25% in Delhi and by almost 50% in Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. The highest increase of Rs 27 per kg has been recorded in Thiruvananthapuram. With indications of the high prices continuing for the next few weeks, government is set to place order for the import of 10,000 tonnes after opening tenders later this week. Sources...
More »NSSO: 73% of rural Bihar use kerosene for lighting -Mahendra K Singh
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: For all the subsidy flowing towards selling kerosene through the public distribution system, it now emerges that the fuel is hardly being used in kitchens across India - in towns as well as villages - but remains a key source for lighting lamps and lanterns in rural areas, which either lack power connections or don't get adequate supply. The latest survey released by the National Sample...
More »Grim picture -TK Rajalakshmi
-Frontline A survey conducted by the Women and Child Development Ministry and UNICEF in 28 States and Delhi presents a dismal picture of crucial maternal and child health indicators. ONE OF the success stories that successive governments at the Centre have regularly narrated is the improvement in maternal and child health indicators, including coverage of various facilities and services that directly or indirectly affect the health and well-being of these cohort...
More »Govt to sell on priority 27 million tonnes of wheat procured this year
-PTI NEW DELHI: The government will on priority distribute nearly 27 million tonnes of wheat it procured this year under the relaxed quality norms through ration shops, welfare schemes and open market sales. The Food Corporation of India (FCI) procured 28.08 million tonnes of wheat this year, of which 26.62 million tonnes was purchased under the relaxed quality norms because the crop got damaged due to unseasonal rains early this year. FCI generally...
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