-India Today Mail Today has a copy of the RTI documents that show Delhi Police paid Rs295.66 crore to Jay Pee and Co and Rs 37.22 cr in the form of rent to other companies for using buses, mini buses New Delhi: When it comes to renting vehicles, Delhi Police apparently doesn't drive a hard bargain. The department's data show it spent Rs300 crore on hiring 400 cars in six years...
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The man who slaked India's thirst -Joydeep Gupta
-TheThirdPole.net Anupam Mishra, who spent three decades fighting for rejuvenation of India’s traditional water harvesting systems, died on December 19 If many of India’s ponds, wells, stepwells, springs, check dams and other traditional water harvesting systems are still in working order today, if at least a few of India’s rivers have been revived, much of the credit must go to Anupam Mishra. Through reportage, analysis and advocacy sustained over three decades, this...
More »As if drought weren't bad enough -Marx Tejaswi
-The New Indian Express BALLARI: Demonetisation couldn't have come at a worse time for farmers in Ballari district. November is when they harvest the kharif crop and sow for rabi. Even as they were coming to terms with the carryover effects of drought and low prices, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pulled a fast one on them. Lepakshi Naidu, a farmer of Hosapete taluk, says demonetization left him with no cash to buy...
More »PM to launch skill development initiatives on Monday
-PTI Kanpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil tomorrow a clutch of skill development initiatives aimed at skilling unemployed youth and also lay the foundation stone for the Indian Institute of Skills in Kanpur. “Apart from launching 31 Kaushal Kendras which will serve as skilling centres and target mainly unemployed youth for training purposes, the Prime Minister will also inaugurate an exhibition named Kaushal Mahotsav,” a senior official in the Ministry of...
More »Farm labour barter beats cash crunch -Manoj Kar
-The Telegraph Paradip: For Jugal Kishore Lenka, a marginal farmer from Goda village in Erasama block of Jagatsinghpur district, badalia, the once popular system of exchange of labour, has come as a big relief. Cash strapped by demonetisation, he was worried about labour payments for harvesting his paddy. Now, he has entered into a badalia arrangement with fellow farmer Sudam Sahu, who is also looking for labour for paddy harvesting. They can now exchange...
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