-Scroll.in The High Court has directed a high-powered committee to suggest measures to bring these kids back to schools. In Karnataka, 10.12 lakh students are out of schools and anganwadis, a survey submitted before the High Court on Wednesday said, The Hindu reported. According to the report, submitted before a division bench by senior advocate KN Phaneendra, 4,54,238 children aged zero to three are not enrolled in schools or anganwadis. Similarly, 5,33,206 children...
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MSP will be justified through price deficiency payment: Ramesh Chand -Prabhudatta Mishra
-The Hindu Business Line It is needed most, not procurement, says NITI Aayog member Stressing that there is a need for the continuation of the minimum support price (MSP) scheme for crops, NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand has said it is time to debate and discuss what should be the “means” to ensure the guaranteed returns to farmers since procurement cannot be the answer. Addressing a conference on “Getting agriculture markets right”, organised...
More »RSS farmer body Bharatiya Kisan Sangh slams Centre’s farm policies -Ishita Mishra
-The Hindu Exim policy for agricultural produce should be long-term and in farmers’ interests, BKS says Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh’s (RSS) farmers’ group, criticised the Centre’s export and import policies. The BKS urged the government to frame long-term export and import policies that are in the interests of farmers. The BKS, which held a meeting of its all India managing committee in Raipur last week, said it’s being seen...
More »Fall in FMCG sales shows a declining quality of life
-The New Indian Express High inflation is not just a research figure fueling the economic debate. It has a real, negative impact on the daily lives of the masses. High inflation is not just a research figure fueling the economic debate. It has a real, negative impact on the daily lives of the masses. In this respect, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) that are bought daily have seen lower sales through June, compared...
More »Why the Rise in Workforce Participation During the Pandemic Points to Distress Employment -Shiney Chakraborty, Priyanka Chatterjee and Mitali Nikore
-TheWire.in Although COVID-19 had disrupted economic activity, the workforce participation rate in the last four years has gone up, significantly driven by rural women's employment. The annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), first launched in 2017, is one of the only official sources of employment data in the country. Marred by disruptions, the results of the last two surveys (2019-20 and 2020-21) have been eagerly awaited to understand the impact of the...
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