-GaonConnection.com The One Nation One Ration card scheme was launched in June 2019 to reform the Public Distribution System (PDS). However, close to 100 million people are estimated to be excluded from the PDS. There are several other challenges in the new scheme that need to be addressed. The condition of migrant workers suddenly shot to the LIMelight in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic as hundreds of thousands of migrants...
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Why the decision to impose stock LIMits on pulses is flawed policy -Sukhpal Singh
-Down to Earth The government’s flip-flop on stockholding LIMits does not help pulses’ pricing issues The Union government’s decision on July 2, 2021, to impose stock LIMits on pulses till October 31 has once again fuelled the long-held perception that the country’s food policies are not even consistent, let alone being relevant. On June 5, 2020, the Union government issued the Essential Commodities (Amendment) (ECA) Ordinance, 2020, which was later legislated into an...
More »Rich countries need to do more on cLIMate change : Jaishankar -Sriram Lakshman
-The Hindu The External Affairs Minister criticized rich countries’ $100 billion per year commitment (made in 2009 and still unmet) to finance cLIMate action in developing countries External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar suggested that rich countries needed to do more in terms of their cLIMate commitments and allow developing countries the space to grow. His comments were made during a discussion with former U.S. Ambassador to India, Frank Wisner, organised by the...
More »Oil Ministry mulls reinstating subsidised LPG prices, survey in progress -Twesh Mishra
-Business Standard Centre assessing appropriate price at which subsidy should resume The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is evaluating a threshold at which the subsidy on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG or cooking gas) will be reinstated. According to a senior government official in the know, a survey is currently being conducted to determine the price at which maximum consumers will keep buying domestic cylinders. One of the options also being considered...
More »UP has reported no dengue deaths to the Centre. So what explains 50 deaths in Firozabad district? -Tabassum Barnagarwala
-Scroll.in LIMited testing means cases and deaths are going undetected in the state. This year, Uttar Pradesh has reported 1,069 dengue cases to the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, the central government’s nodal agency on vector borne diseases. However, it has not reported a single death caused by dengue, data from the agency’s regional office shows. This, despite the fact that more than 50 people have died of fever in the past...
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