-The Indian Express The latest NCRB report does not enlist reasons for farmer suicides. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs told Parliament last week that the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) had done away with diversified data on farmer suicides in its latest report as many states reported the figure to be “nil”, and hence recording reasons for the suicides was “untenable”. However, an analysis of previous NCRB data shows that states...
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12% of urban India relies on bottled water, 1 in 4 homes has a purifier -Harikishan Sharma
-The Indian Express As per the report, Delhi tops the list of 36 states and UTs in the use of electric water purifiers — 36.5 per cent of households in the capital rely on one to treat drinking water. An estimated 12.2 per cent of urban households rely on bottled water for their drinking water needs — up from 2.7 per cent 10 years ago. The finding is part of the...
More »NRC: Assam government to table figures of Bengali Hindus excluded from final list
-Scroll.in Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that the CAG of India had found ‘huge irregularities’ in the updation process of the NRC three years ago. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Assam government on Thursday said it will make public the district-wise figures of Bengali Hindus excluded from the final National Register of Citizens list in the current Assembly session, PTI reported. The Assam government had earlier urged the Centre to reject...
More »Uttar Pradesh tops chart in PDS corruption, Bihar comes second
-IANS * As many as 807 complaints of corruption in the public distribution system (PDS) were received across the country till October 31, 2019 * Delhi ranks third in corruption cases in PDS with 78 complaints been received NEW DELHI: As many as 807 complaints of corruption in the public distribution system (PDS) were received across the country till October 31, 2019Z, of which Uttar Pradesh reported maximum number of complaints, Union Minister...
More »11,379 farmers committed suicide in 2016; Modi govt finally releases data
-BusinessToday.in As per the data in the NCRB report, the number of farmer suicides in the country has plunged to 11,379 in 2016 from 12,360 in 2014 and 12,602 in 2015 The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Friday said that 11,379 farmers committed suicide in India in 2016. The NCRB in its latest Accidental Death and Suicide report for 2016 says that there were 948 farmer suicides every month, or 31 suicides...
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