-The Economic Times CHANDIGARH: Haryana government's claims of creating more space for storage of food stock are being questioned as over 65% wheat and rice stock of central pool is kept in the open in the state. With the Centre yet to lift 39.36 lakh tonne grains procured between 2009 and 2011, there is no space for paddy arriving and wheat expected to arrive after three months. "The food secretary has already assured...
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Those lending support to UPA government are also against FDI, says Prakash Karat -Rahi Gaikwad
-The Hindu No consensus among UPA allies on FDI: Prakash Karat Patna: Ahead of the vote in Parliament on foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat said here on Saturday that since parties with a majority were opposed to the policy, there was no consensus among the allies of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) on the issue. Asked about the dithering position of the...
More »New food security scheme for the poor from Dec. 15 -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-The Hindu Initially two lakh Delhi families to be paid Rs. 600 per month United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi has been urged by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to inaugurate the Dilli Annashree Yojana food security scheme under which initially about two lakh families would be paid a sum of Rs. 600 per month from December 15. The Delhi Government, which had set aside Rs. 150 crore for this scheme in its...
More »Why mandatory death penalty be not abolished? Supreme Court asks govt -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India Days after a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court said it was time to revisit jurisprudence behind imposition of death penalty, the apex court asked the Union government why provisions in some laws mandating compulsory death penalty as punishment be not struck down as unconstitutional. The question from a bench of Justices Aftab Alam and Ranajana Desai put additional solicitor general Siddharth Luthra in a piquant position for...
More »State criticised for ICDS -Sayli Udas Mankikar
-The Hindustan Times The Maharashtra chapter of the central government's flagship Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) has criticised the state government for lack of transparency in the contract allocation process, saying it was done to favour the same vested parties. The principal adviser of the office of commissioner Biraj Patnaik, who drafted the reports, expressed the need for the institution of a Special Investigation Team to investigate the matter. Hindustan Times, on Saturday,...
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