-The Hindu Allege harassment of those who questioned graft related to the MGNREGA scheme Patna: Noted economist and activist Jean Dreze and Right to Information activist Nikhil Dey, along with thousands of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) activists, on Friday protested against the “harassment and intimidation” of those who have raised questions of corruption related to the MGNREGA scheme in the Muzaffarpur district of north Bihar. The protest march led...
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Farmers losing Rs. 30,000 cr to low quality pesticides, says farm lobby
-PTI New Delhi: Nearly one-fourth of pesticide SAMples sold in open market are substandard and losses on account of use of such spurious products are estimated at Rs. 30,000 crore to the farming community, Bharatiya Krishak SAMaj (BKS), a farmers’ body said on Monday. According to BKS, 13 out of a total 50 SAMples of pesticides sold in open market have been found to be substandard in a test conducted at a...
More »Dip in jobs, profits for MSMEs; noteban, GST to blame: Survey -Arun Janardhanan
-The Indian Express While job loss was reported at the rate of 43% in the trader segment, micro-segments reported job losses of 32%, small segments reported 35% and medium-scale industries reported 24% job losses. Traders and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across the country have reported steady job loss and declining profits since 2014 and demonetisation, the roll-out of GST are among the reasons for the slowdown, according to a...
More »Poshan sakhis transform reproductive health in Odisha -Rakhi Ghosh
-VillageSquare.in Women trained as poshan sakhis, or nutrition friends, advice and help rural women, particularly expectant and lactating mothers, to eat nutritious food and overcome anemia and underweight deliveries Koraput (Odisha): Swapnarani (21), an expectant mother, finishes her household work fast to attend the monthly maitri baithak at her village Bhutanagar in Badakeranga panchayat of Odisha’s Koraput district. Maitri baithak, or friendship meeting, provides space for women to discuss issues that concern...
More »Agrarian distress: Income support to farmers better option than loan waivers -Soumya Kanti Ghosh
-Financial Express Income support for farm households may be a worse solution than freeing up agri trade and marketing, but it should work much better than loan waivers. When the new MSP regime was implemented in July, one of the common fears in the market was that the hikes would stoke inflation fears. Four months down the line, not only does this fear seems to have subsided, but serious concerns are now...
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