-Deccan Chronicle As per the CM’s dashboard, the average wage achieved across the state is 86.18 per cent, and average days achieved is 62.92 per cent Vijayawada: The state government is examining the mode of MGNREGA payments and also investigating the reasons behind the delay of payments to the workers. It is observed by the chief secretary that five districts have paid more towards material components. The state government is worried about...
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Hunger kills mother who gave all the food to kids -Piyush Srivastava
-The Telegraph Lucknow: A mother who gave all her food to her daughters for days allegedly died of starvation while the country was observing Republic Day. Amir Jahan, 45, who lived in a rented room in Moradabad town, had been given six chapattis by an impoverished neighbour on Thursday night. She gave all of it to her three daughters and went to bed on an empty stomach. She never woke on Friday morning...
More »Kashmir's information warriors -Vidya Venkat
-The Hindu Where the citizen-government gap is bridged by using the RTI Act for administrative reforms April 18, 2014 is a day the shepherds around Budgam town near Srinagar will not forget. This was the day when Tosa Maidan — a vast pasture that shepherds from seven districts traditionally grazed their livestock in — was reclaimed from the Indian Army. Leased out to the Army in 1964, Tosa Maidan or ‘the king of...
More »Maharashtra seen buying 4.5 lt of tur under price support scheme -Rahul Wadke
-The Hindu Business Line Online registration of farmers, higher moisture in the produce delay the procurement Mumbai: The targeted procurement of 4.46 lakh tonnes of tur (redgram or pigeon pea) in Maharashtra is expected to commence on a full scale by February 1. The Nafed procurement process is delayed as farmers have been asked to first register online for selling their produce. Sources in the Nafed said that about one lakh farmers have...
More »Pranab Bardhan, professor of graduate school in the department of economics at the University of California (Berkeley), interviewed by Devadeep Purohit (The Telegraph)
-The Telegraph The Left in Bengal had often criticised him whenever he red-flagged excessive local tyranny, and spoke about the industrial decline in Bengal. The incumbent ruling party may make tall claims about changes in Bengal since the Trinamul government came to power but he has been candid enough to suggest that he hasn't seen much change either in industrial expansion or in investment in infrastructure. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has...
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