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'No Means to Go to UP, Pay Lawyers': Sleepless Nights for Kin of J&K Students Held for Cheering Pak -Jehangir Ali

-TheWire.in In the dark about where their wards are jailed, family members of the three scholarship students, all from poor backgrounds, have pleaded with authorities to show lenience. Chadoora, Jammu and Kashmir: Forty-five-year-old Haneefa’s hands quiver as she begins speaking to journalists. Out of sorts and struggling with the weight of sudden tragedy, she pleads with the government. “He may have committed some mistake but I appeal to the government to please forgive...

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Farming became costlier between crop years 2012-13 and 2018-19, shows the latest available NSO data

One is almost certain to hear this from an economist that if something is available at free of cost or at a subsidised rate thanks to government intervention, then people tend to overuse or overconsume such goods/ commodities. So, the best solution is to create a market for such 'almost freely available' or 'highly subsidised' goods or commodities. Once people start paying to use or consume such goods/ commodities, they...

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Centre to revise wage computation for rural, agricultural workers -AM Jigeesh

-The Hindu Business Line Labour Ministry has decided to change the base year of the Consumer PRIce Index for agriculture and rural workers Union Labour Ministry has decided to revise the wage calculation for India’s workforce. The Ministry, in its latest computations, has decided to change the base year of the Consumer PRIce Index for Agriculture Labourers and Rural Workers (CPI-AL&RW) to 2019. At present, the base year is 1986-87. According to a...

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Sugar surplus may drop due to U.P. rains, higher ethanol capacity

-The Hindu Lower surplus, higher PRIces could help reduce arrears to farmers in poll bound U.P. and Punjab Unseasonal rains in Uttar Pradesh and a higher diversion to ethanol production are likely to result in a drop in sugar production this year, according to industry estimates. With average retail sugar PRIces also on the rise, a reduction in surplus sugar could help speed up cane payments by mills and reduce their pending...

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No money left in MGNREGA coffers; 21 States in the red -PRIscilla Jebaraj

-The Hindu States creating artificial demand, says official; workers pushed into ‘forced labour’ by delayed payments, say activists The Centre’s flagship rural employment scheme has run out of funds halfway through the financial year, and supplementary budgetary allocations will not come to the rescue for at least another month when the next Parliamentary session begins. According to its own financial statement, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme shows...

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