-The Hindu It is aimed at improving livelihood and social security. Chennai: The State government has issued orders to implement the Tamil Nadu Urban Employment Scheme in two zones in the Greater Chennai Corporation, one zone each in 14 municipal corporations, one municipality each in seven regions and one town panchayat each in 37 districts, on a pilot basis during 2021-22. Tondiarpet (Zone 4) and Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (Zone 6) in...
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Festive Bonanza: Government Slashed Import Taxes On Edible Oils Till March 2022, Check Details -
-Outlook India The latest development will cut the effective import tax on crude palm oil, crude soya oil and crude sunflower oil from 24.75 percent till now to 0. The government on Wednesday reduced various import taxes on palm oil, soyoil and sunflower oil ahead of the festive season till March 31, 2022, said the Bureau of Indirect Taxes and Customs. According to Moneycontrol, the latest development will cut the effective import tax...
More »16th Years of RTI Act: Defunct Commissions, Huge Backlog
-Newsclick.in 2,55,602 appeals and complaints were pending in the 26 information commissions till June 30, according to a report. October 12 marked 16 years of the RTI Act, 2005. The law has empowered millions of citizens to seek information and hold the government accountable. Section3 of the Act states: “Subject to the provisions of this Act, all citizens shall have the right to information.” Under the Act, information commissions (ICs) are the final...
More »Stubble burning: bio-decomposer solution to be sprayed on city farmlands from today
-The Hindu Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the solution has been given free of cost to farmers who will spray it in over 4,000 acres The Delhi government, in a move to provide an alternative to stubble burning and combat air pollution, will on Monday start its campaign to use bio-decomposer solution on farmlands under its winter action plan. Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the solution has been given free of cost to...
More »What does SAS tell us about India’s animal farms? -Abhishek Jha and Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times HT has analysed unit-level data from the latest Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households and Land and Livestock Holdings of Households in Rural India (SAS) to answer some of these questions. Have tractors finally replaced bullock carts and private dairies the milk-animal in the Indian farmer’s house? Vigilante groups (“gau rakshaks”) claiming to be protecting cows have been making news (for the wrong reasons) in the past few years in India....
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