-The Indian Express In many areas, farmers had harvested their crop but did not get time to shift the produce to a dry location as the rain caught them unawares. Farmers in Maharashtra are staring at crop loss of over Rs 5,000 crore across 30 districts after heavy rain caused extensive damage to standing crop in the last few days. The scale of crop loss may be even worse as authorities...
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Release NREGS wages soon, Chandrababu Naidu urges CM Jagan Reddy
-The New Indian Express Unfortunately, even MGNREGS, which is providing succour to lakhs of poor people, has also been rendered ineffective by the present government, he observed. VIJAYAWADA: Expressing dismay and concern over the delay in the payment of wages under MGNREGS and clearing the bill submitted for the works done, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu shot off a letter to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy demanding immediate release of funds...
More »3 states ask Centre to allow machines for NREGS work -Saubhadra Chatterji
-Hindustan Times Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka have written to Centre seeking a relaxation of the rule restricting employment to manual labour because large parts of these 3 states have rocky terrain. New Delhi: At least three states have asked the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government to allow the use of machines in work done under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), which is restricted to manual labour,...
More »Bihar lets down Modi govt, only 26% farmers have enrolled for income support scheme -Samyak Pandey
-ThePrint.in Bihar govt has blamed the Centre’s ‘complicated’ verification process for the low enrollment in the state, which has 16.19 million farmers. Patna: PM-KISAN, the Narendra Modi government’s flagship income support scheme for farmers, has fared poorly in Bihar in terms of their enrollment. Of the 40,95,000 beneficiaries, just 26 per cent farmers have registered under PM-KISAN, a Bihar agriculture ministry official told ThePrint. The state has 16.19 million farmers — the second...
More »Despite stiff opposition from greens, Karnataka okays Sharavathi hydel project -Meera Bhardwaj
-The New Indian Express The proposed 2,000 MW Sharavathi Pumped Storage Hydroelectric project falls in the middle of the Sharavathi river valley. BENGALURU: The proposed 2,000 MW Sharavathi Pumped Storage Hydroelectric project falls in the middle of the Sharavathi river valley. The project, first floated by the Siddaramaiah government, is now being pushed by the Yediyurappa government, overriding concerns of locals, environmentalists and forest officials. Presently, the State Government is seeking the Centre’s...
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