-Hindustan Times There is good reason to ask whether the latest MSP hike will be enough to meet the government’s requirements. Open market prices of wheat are quite high and the government has already eaten into its excess stocks. The Union Cabinet announced the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat and other Rabi (winter) crops for the 2023-24 Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) on Tuesday. For wheat, the most important Rabi crop from...
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No ‘significant cuts’ expected in Budget Estimate for Central Ministries/Departments -Shishir Sinha
-The Hindu Business Line New accounting mechanism will help govt manage some savings; Revised Estimate for FY23 to be present in Budget for FY24 Initial indications from Inter-Ministerial meetings on the Budget show no significant cuts in allocations for various Ministries. It will be reflected in Revised Estimate (RE). Still, Finance Ministry could get high savings thanks to the new accounting mechanism. Inter-Ministerial meetings to finalise Revised Estimate for Fiscal Year 2022-23 and...
More »Home Ministry seeks another three-month extension to frame Citizenship Amendment Act rules -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu Since the rules have not been drafted, the Citizenship Amendment Act, passed in 2019, cannot be enforced The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought an extension of another three months to frame the rules of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, a legislation that fast tracks the citizenship of undocumented persons of six non-Muslim communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Without the rules being framed, the Act cannot be...
More »In Maharashtra, COVID-19 orphans lost more fathers than mothers, says report -Abhinay Deshpande
-The Hindu ‘Many didn’t get government benefits due to difficulties in procuring death certificates’ For every child who lost its mother, three children lost their father to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maharashtra. ‘Vulnerable Children of Maharashtra’, a report on the status of children orphaned by COVID-19 by Vidhi Maharashtra, an independent think tank, found that 22,760 children lost their fathers while 2,678 lost their mothers to COVID-19. The loss of either parent has a...
More »Centre may sell cereals in open market to rein in prices -Zia Haq
-Hindustan Times India has a surplus of federally held stocks of rice and wheat, and the government could intervene in the open market “if needed” by selling cereals at a discount to curb prices, food secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Monday. India has a surplus of federally held stocks of rice and wheat, and the government could intervene in the open market “if needed” by selling cereals at a discount to curb...
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