-The Telegraph The pundits have started to crunch numbers to assess the immediate impact of the Narendra Modi government's demonetisation drive on the economy, businesses and households - and the picture doesn't look too good. A consensus has started to emerge that the economy will take a hard knock in the short term with GDP growth likely to contract by 0.7 to 1 percentage point over the next year. The maximum impact...
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Smog costs million kids classes and a meal -Pheroze L Vincent
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Delhi's 1,800-odd municipal schools have declared a holiday tomorrow citing predictions of "very poor" smog and the health risk it poses, but critics rued that over a million poor children would miss their midday meals. Some parents said the slum children who go to these schools would be playing on the smoggy streets anyway if classes were closed. This is the first time so many schools will close in...
More »HC raps State over malnutrition deaths
-PTI Directs Maharashtra Chief Secretary to look into the issue Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today expressed dissatisfaction over Maharashtra government’s lack of sensitivity in addressing the increasing number of malnutrition deaths in tribal areas of the State. Hearing a host of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) regarding malnourished children in the Melghat region of Vidarbha and other tribal areas, a Division Bench headed by Justice V. M. Kanade directed the Maharashtra Chief Secretary...
More »Price fall hits ginger farmers -EM Manoj
-The Hindu Ginger price falls to Rs. 950 a bag from Rs. 1,500 last year KALPETTA (Kerala): The slump in the market price of ginger, a sharp decline in production owing to climatic vagaries and dearth of labour are the major concerns of ginger farmers who have cultivated ginger in the district and various parts of Karnataka. The spot price of ginger in Wayanad market on Wednesday was Rs. 950 to Rs.1,000 a...
More »Massive slump in MNREGA Work After Centre's Unofficial Instructions -Nitin Sethi
-TheWire.in The Centre’s off-record instructions through WhatsApp and a squeeze on funds made the rural work programme crash after a roaring first half of the year. This is second of a two-part series. Read part one here. The WhatsApp messages from the central rural development ministry to states had a chilling effect on the work given under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) after the roaring demand growth in the...
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