-Down to Earth A delay in arrival of the monsoon, especially in western India, will worsen the water woes even further There is a downward trend in water levels in at least 71 of 91 reservoirs across India according to data released by the Central Water Commission (CWC) on June 13. The situation is particularly grim in the north-western region — in Gujarat and Maharashtra — and in the southern states of Kerala...
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Gangsters go brazen: 220 gunshots fired on Delhi's streets over 30 days -Prawesh Lama and Shiv Sunny
-Hindustan Times The shooting incidents — between May 17 and June 15 — that HT analysed resulted in 16 deaths and left at least 22 people injured New Delhi: At least 220 bullets have been fired on Delhi’s streets in 43 incidents of shooting reported in the Capital over the last 30 days, according to HT’s analysis of all such incidents at a time when senior police officers are expressing concern about...
More »Eggs likely to be on menu for pre-primary students in Karnataka -Tanu Kulkarni
-The Hindu DPI to submit proposal to State govt. Karnataka: The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) wants to replicate the food menu of children in anganwadis, which includes eggs, in pre-primary classes from this academic year, and is planning to submit a proposal to the State government. The government this year started pre-primary sections in 276 Karnataka Public Schools where all children are of the same age bracket as those in anganwadis, who...
More »Centre's Crop Insurance Scheme Fails the Drought Test, 40% Claims Unpaid -Kabir Agarwal and Dheeraj Mishra
-TheWire.in RTI data obtained by The Wire show that for the 2018 kharif season, total premium collected by companies amounted to Rs 20,747 crore while the claims paid totalled Rs 7,696 crore. New Delhi: Insurance companies have missed the deadline to recognise and pay claims worth over Rs 5,000 crore made by farmers under the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) scheme, according to data obtained by The Wire through...
More »Arvind Subramanian's calculation of GDP is flawed too, says economist Arun Kumar
-Down to Earth He says neither the government not the former chief economic advisor include the unorganised sector while computing economic growth Noted economist Arun Kumar said former chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian is correct in saying that the rate of growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been overestimated in the last few years. Subramanian's methodology to gauge economic growth, however, may also not be correct — both being indirect methods...
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