-Business Standard Farmers still struggling for access to govt schemes The 70th report on the "Situation of Agricultural Households in India", released by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) on Saturday, reveals that much is wrong with Indian farmers' economic status, despite several programmes being run by the government to raise their incomes. Over half of all farm households are heavily indebted; 26 per cent of them owe money to moneylenders who...

-The Business Standard Chief Minister Rawat calls for bringing in an effective agriculture policy and making efforts to promote farming in hilly areas Dehradun: Uttarakhand has decided to bring a new agriculture policy and launch cluster farming in hilly areas. At a review meeting of the agriculture department held on Tuesday at Bijapur Guest House (the chief minister's residence) here, Chief Minister Harish Rawat called for concerted efforts to promote farming in hilly...

-Frontline The Left and other national parties protest against the NDA government's attempts to dilute the MGNREGS by limiting its budget and reducing its reach. IN a rare show of solidarity, representatives of several political parties took issue with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government on its controversial proposal to restructure the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The opposition, which was initially confined to the...

-The Hindu With supply of LPG refills turning inadequate, majority of govt. schools depend on firewood for cooking, resulting in health issues among students Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh): The tall claim of the government of successful implementation of the mid-day meal schemes in schools appears frivolous in the district as the supplies of provisions are given a short shrift. Despite twelve LPG cylinders per annum are being provided to each school, over 80...

-Business Standard As on Dec 9, the Aadhaar Payment Bridge saw transactions crossing the 79.4 million mark across govt welfare programmes Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Monday said the number of Aadhaar numbers that have been linked to bank accounts had touched 100 million, enabling these individuals to digitally receive subsidies and benefits under Government Schemes. It said establishing a link between an Aadhaar number and a bank account makes it...