-Outlook As many as 73.71 crore Aadhaar enrolments have been done till mid-July, with 8.45 crore rejections for various reasons. "As on July 14, 2014, a total of 73.71 crore enrolments have been carried out by various agencies of which, 8.45 crore enrolments were rejected for a variety of reasons and 64.05 crore Aadhaars have been generated by UIDAI," Minister of State (Independent) for Planning Rao Inderjit Singh said in a written...
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Farmers to have ‘Kisan Mandi’ in Delhi by September
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Farmers will be able to directly sell fruits and vegetables to consumers and wholesalers in Delhi as the city will have a 'kisan mandi' by September after the government changes the law that gives traders and middlemen a monopoly. Farmers and farmer producer organisations (FPOs) will be able meet part of Delhi's demand of 15,000 tonnes of vegetables a day after the Delhi Agriculture Produce Market (APMC)...
More »Panel proposes change in MGNREGS wages -Elizabeth Roche
-Live Mint Panel recommends wages under the MGNREGS be made equal to or higher than the minimum wage determined by state govts New Delhi: A high-level panel constituted by the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government has recommended that wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) be made equal to or higher than the minimum wage determined by state governments. The panel, headed by S. Mahendra Dev, director...
More »Corruption in Indian Medicine Or ‘Overenthusiasm of the Marketing Department -Sanjay Nagral
-Economic and Political Weekly Corruption in Indian medicine is back on the front pages. One would think that there has been an abrupt spurt in corrupt practices or a major scandal. Nothing of that sort has happened. However, there have been some interesting developments for the focus to shift back to what is really a very old affliction. This is an update on recent happenings as the entrepreneurial spirit of the...
More »Erasing lines & providing solutions -Naresh Kumar
-The New Indian Express HYDERABAD: Food Sovereignty Alliance (FSA) has been in existence across 13 districts in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana since 2013. It brings onto a common platform - Adivasi, Dalit, Pastoralist and Peasant social movements along with co-producers, to build solidarity with one another for a common vision of food sovereignty and they screened Breeding Invasions at Lamakaan on Sunday evening followed by an open forum. This film produced...
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