-Hindustan Times PMFBY has run into many of the old problems. The one most troubling issue for farmers is a continuous delay in payouts. The average delay in payment of claims, according to official data, is more than a year from the date of harvest. When the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the country’s flagship crop insurance scheme was launched in June 2016, the idea was to rePLAce complicated, multiple insurance...
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NITI Aayog to start drafting PLAn for 'population stabilisation'
-TheWire.in Experts believe that the “population explosion” theory is contentious as despite its 1.37 billion people, India’s birth rates have been falling. New Delhi: Drawing from prime minister Narendra Modi’s Independence day speech, the NITI Aayog will soon start drafting a roadmap for “population stabilisation” in India. On Friday, it organised a national consultation titled “Realising the vision of population stabilisation: leaving no one behind” with the Population Foundation of India (PFI)...
More »Common documents enough to prove citizenship: Home Ministry -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu The NRC was the next step of the NPR. After the NRC ended, citizens would be given unique cards, the official said. The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday said guidelines for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) were yet to be drafted but Citizenship of India may be proved by giving any document relating to date of birth or PLAce of birth or both. “Such a list is...
More »Indian economy delicately poised -Renu Kohli
-The Telegraph By all indications revival in 2020 is not possible The year 2019 has PLAyed out on a mixed note. Politically, the general election outcome upheld the popular choice of a majority government. Economically, conditions deteriorated rapidly through the year. In fact, an undercurrent of concern about the economic situation prevailed throughout 2019. This surfaced upfront immediately after the May election and reached a flashpoint by the middle of the...
More »Another CM opposes NRC: Naveen Patnaik latest, after his party voted for CAB -Manoj CG & Sampad Patnaik
-The Indian Express The chief ministers of five Opposition-ruled states — West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee, Punjab’s Amarinder Singh, Rajasthan’s Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh’s Bhupesh Baghel and Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan — have already opposed both the CAB and NRC. Bhubaneswar, New Delhi: A WEEK after his MPs voted for the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday opposed a countrywide National Register of Citizens (NRC), swelling the number of chief ministers...
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