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Farm suicide drop claim by KM Rakesh

Governments rarely shy away from showering farm sops but Karnataka’s BJP government hopes to reap gains with a debatable claim: that its policies have helped reduce farmer suicides. State agriculture minister Umesh Katti recently reeled off in the Assembly suicide figures (see chart) that show a declining trend since 2008-09, when the B.S. Yeddyurappa CABinet took power. The assertion that the slide is because of the government’s efforts follows an agriculture...

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50% quota for women in local bodies in Maharashtra

In a move that would increase women's representation in politics, the Maharashtra CABinet on Wednesday gave its nod to increase women's reservation in local body polls from 33 to 50 per cent. Bill The decision comes a day after Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said a Bill proposing 50 per cent women's quota in local bodies would be introduced in the coming Budget session of the legislature on March 14. Between November 2011 and...

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CABinet okays RTS Act & food scheme

The state CABinet which met here on Tuesday approved the Right to Service (RTS) Act and the Chief Minister Food Security Scheme (CMFSS). According to sources in the state CABinet, the RTS Act enables a citizen right to service within a stipulated period taking away the right of the government employees to sit on files related to services of the citizens. The sources said under the Mukhyamantri Khadya Suraksha Yojana i.e. CMFSS,...

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EC banned rice-at-Rs 2 per kg scheme to cover 40 lakh families

The Election Commission on Tuesday banned implementation of Kerala government's decision to extend the rice-at-Rs 2 per kg scheme to cover 40 lakh families in view of the model code of conduct which went into force with announcement of assembly elections in the state. The scheme, announced by chief minister V S Achuthanandan after a CABinet meeting on February 23, just six days before announcement of the poll dates, is yet...

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Union Home Ministry awaiting Communal Violence Bill draft

Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai clarified on Friday that his ministry was awaiting the draft of the Communal Violence Bill from the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC). “There has been some delay but we hope to get it by the end of March, after which we will study it in the MHA, before it goes to CABinet,” he said. Mr Pillai was responding to a question, at an interaction at...

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