-National Herald It has now come to light that new currency notes with higher ‘security’ features introduced after demonetisation are quickly becoming ‘unusable’ within just two years of circulation It does seem like the PM Narendra Modi-led government simply cannot get anything right. It has now come to light that new currency notes with higher ‘security’ features introduced after demonetisation are quickly becoming 'unusable' within just two years of circulation. According to sources,...
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Without maternity benefits -Aditi Priya
-The Hindu The government’s maternity benefit programme must be implemented better and comply with the Food Security Act Yashoda Devi was five months pregnant with her third child when we met her in Jharkhand in June. She was in extreme pain. The doctor had told her that she was very weak and had advised her to improve her nutritional intake. But Ms. Devi did not have money to follow the doctor’s advice. Not...
More »Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2018: Tribals urge parties to ensure food security -Mohammed Iqbal
-The Hindu Urge parties to frame policies to preserve MUNDRI: For southern Rajasthan’s tribals, the Assembly elections are an opportunity to press their demand with the contesting political parties for framing policies that ensure food security, even while helping them preserve indigenous practices, and assist in forming new linkages with the local health and financial services. The region’s tribal population wants political representatives to make interventions to help the community improve resource management...
More »616 lives lost to fires in Mumbai in last decade
-The Hindu Property worth Rs. 110 crore lost in 49,391 incidents, govt. tells Assembly Mumbai: As many as 49,391 incidents of fire have killed more than 600 people and caused damage to property worth Rs. 110.42 crore in Mumbai in the last 10 years, the State government informed the Assembly on Monday. The information was part of a written reply by the UrBan Development Department (UDD), headed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, to...
More »GDP growth likely to decelerate to 7.5-7.6% in Q2: Report
-PTI The Central Statistics Office (CSO) will be releasing the estimates for GDP growth for July-September on Friday. NEW DELHI: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the September quarter is expected to decelerate to 7.5-7.6 per cent over the previous three-month period mainly due to slowdown in rural demand, a State Bank of India (SBI) research report said Monday. The GDP growth at constant prices (2011-12) was 8.2 per cent in the...
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