-Financial Express While wheat PRIces may firm up once the official procurement begins in all the producing states, the government will have to implement a robust procurement system for other crops to support the PRIces fetched by farmers. Mandi PRIces of most rabi crops ruled below their minimum support PRIces (MSPs) during the last month, even as more than half of the winter crop has been harvested (see chart). While wheat PRIces...
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RBI sanctions Rs 21K crore: Punjab gets CCL for wheat procurement
-The Indian Express The Central government has fixed the Minimum Support PRIce (MSP) of wheat at Rs 1975 per quintal, hiking it by Rs 50 from last year’s Rs 1925 per quintal. Chandigarh: Ahead of the wheat procurement that starts from APRIl 10 in the state, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday cleared a sum of Rs 21,658.73 crore towards Cash Credit Limit (CCL) up to end APRIl, 2021 for...
More »Nod soon for Sputnik V rollout, amid virus surge
-The Hindu PM chairs meeting; number of new cases crosses 1 lakh. The Russia-made Sputnik V vaccine may be cleared for emergency use in India within 10 days, a highly placed official confirmed to The Hindu on condition of anonymity. The possible approval for a third vaccine candidate comes as PRIme Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on Sunday to review the situation and the on-going vaccination programme with the number of...
More »Oxygen alarm bells in Maharashtra, hospital beds running out, shortage of cylinders -Tabassum Barnagarwala
-The Indian Express All 2,214 oxygen beds were occupied over Friday and Saturday in the district, where the positivity rate was 43.8 per cent in the closing days of March. Of a total 15,484 active cases, 4,600 are under home isolation. Aurangabad: A SEVERE shortage has sent the PRIces of oxygen cylinders soaring across Maharashtra. Aurangabad, where the positivity rates were the highest in the state March-end, is particularly hard hit, with...
More »The callsign is century -Nillkantha Chatterjee
-The Hindu It’s the centenary year of amateur radio in the country Some collect stamps. Some coins. Many take to painting or gardening or making handicrafts. There are hundreds of hobbies that are pursued just for enjoyment. Amateur radio, or Ham as it is otherwise called, is a unique hobby. A big attraction is that it allows you to communicate from anywhere: from the top of a mountain or from home, or even...
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