-PTI Move expected to boost domestic supply, check prices The government today approved sale of 10 million tonne of wheat from FCI stock in the open market in order to boost domestic supply and check prices. A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "The CCEA has cleared sale of about 10 million tonne of wheat via the...
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Two lakh Anganwadi Centre Buildings approved for construction by Government in 12th Plan
-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of Women and Child Development The Government has approved construction of 2 lakh Anganwadi Centre Buildings during the 12th Plan under the programme of ‘Reconstructing and Restructuring ICDS'. The phasing of construction is given below:- 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 0 20000 50000 60000 70000 200000 The Units will be constructed at the rate of Rs. 4.5 lakhs per unit in the cost sharing ratio of 75:25 between Centre and States against the North Eastern Region...
More »Karnataka: Bid to promote SRI method of paddy farming
-The Hindu Business Line Mangalore (Karnataka): More than 900 families in Dakshina Kannada district have taken up the SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method of paddy cultivation, according to Mahaveer Ajri, Regional Director of the Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP), an NGO working for rural development in Karnataka. Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, he said the method is aimed at increasing the yield. Though paddy is the main food crop,...
More »India ranks 135 in human development index: UNDP
-The Times of India Improvement in human development measures has slowed down in the past few years, according to the 2014 Human Development Report (HDR) released on 24 July in Tokyo. The human development index (HDI), a measure derived from life expectancy, education levels and incomes, barely grew from 0.700 in 2012 to 0.702 in 2013. Even that small improvement could be at risk of getting reversed given the bleak picture of...
More »India intensifies war against Japanese encephalitis -Aarti Dhar
-The Hindu The Centre has launched a major war against Japanese encephalitis which claims hundreds of young lives and causes high morbidity among children in several States across the country during monsoon. Within weeks of taking over, Union Health and Family welfare Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan said that his priority would be to ensure 100 per cent immunisation against the killer disease. Expressing extreme distress over the "runaway conquest of encephalitis," Dr Harsh...
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