-India Today The Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court that 2.23 per cent of four lakh hectares of grazing land in the state are under encroachment. In Short: * About 2.23 per cent of the total grazing land in Maharashtra is under encroachment * 24,513 encroachments have been removed from July 12, 2011 to September 15, 2022 * Bombay HC court asked the state govt what steps will it take to remove the encroachments The...
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Free ration scheme, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, extended for next three months
-Livemint.com The free ration scheme, popularly known as the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), has been extended for the next three months The free ration scheme, popularly known as the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), has been extended for the next three months, the government announced on Wednesday. Union minister Anurag Thakur said the Central CABinet has decided to extend the PMGKAY scheme for the next 3 months. The...
More »Opinion: Food Insecurity - The Story That Won't Make Prime Time News -Derek O'Brien
-NDTV.com Here's a story that won't make the 9 pm news. As per reports in a few regional language newspapers (yes, they still have The Spine), the Union is proposing an increase in the prices of rice, wheat and cereals sold through the National Food Security Act (NFSA) by Rs.7 per kg for Priority Households (PHH). Apparently, NITI Aayog has even recommended that the Food Ministry increases the price for sale to...
More »SC issues notices on omnipresent Prime Minister’s images
-The Telegraph Malaise has become such that even rations are being distributed in sacks with photos of PM, says petition The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and the states on a public interest plea that alleges blatant misuse of government advertisements by ruling parties, and refers to the use of the Prime Minister’s images on Covid vaccine certificates, ration cards and PDS grain sacks. The petition, moved by the...
More »Chhattisgarh’s Sawar, Sawara and Saunra: one and the same tribe now -Shubhomoy Sikdar
-The Hindu With the Union CABinet approving spelling variations for 11 tribes in the State, the decades-long struggle has drawn to an end Soon after he joined a government job as a teacher in Bastar in 2010, Shivprasad Bhoi, now 39, was asked to get his Scheduled Tribe certificate attested. What he then presumed to be a simple exercise turned out to be a nightmare. A spelling variation in the name of...
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