-ThePrint.in Apples from Kashmir start coming to delhi in the last week of August, but the communication & transport restrictions have skewed the supply this year. New delhi: Apple prices are likely to double in delhi’s retail market in a month’s time because of the severe disruption in the supply chain from Kashmir, traders at delhi’s Azadpur Mandi, Asia’s largest wholesale market for vegetables and fruits, told ThePrint. Apples from Kashmir start coming...
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Growing gap in irrigation potential and usage major challenge -Jitendra
-Down to Earth To reduce the consumption of water and maximise agricultural productivity in the country, the government is trying to introduce different innovations The gap between irrigation potential created, through major and minor projects, and the actual usage is increasing and affecting the country’s agricultural productivity, according to the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), the premier agricultural education and research body under the Union Ministry of Agriculture. "The key challenge facing...
More »All India Media Conference 2019 will also organise walkathon in Udaipur for awareness on child rights
-Press release by All India Media Conference 2019 New delhi, September 9, 2019: The fourth edition of All India Media Conference 2019 has come up with a new initiative to promote violence free childhood by organizing Walkathon at Udaipur, celebrating 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and 70 years of UNICEF India. A walkathon will be organised to highlight Violence-Free Childhood along the banks of...
More »Government violates NFSA, thousands of women deprived of maternity benefits; reveals survey -Jaideep Deogharia
-The Times of India RANCHI: Noted economist Jean Dreze has accused the Centre of violating National Food Security Act by depriving a section of women from maternity benefits which is otherwise guaranteed under NFSA-2013. Survey conducted by Sakina Dhorajiwala of Libtech India along with students from delhi University, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tata Institute of Social Service (TISS) and Ranchi University in June 2019 has revealed that out of 232 eligible...
More »'Don't give sops, it's public money': SC raps delhi govt on free rides for women in Metro
-The Indian Express The apex court said that the delhi government is bound to ensure that the financial health of delhi Metro Rail Corporation is maintained properly and no steps are taken that might result in losses. The Supreme Court Friday came down heavily on the delhi government for its ambitious proposal to make metro travel free for women, saying it might lead the delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to losses. The...
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