-PTI NEW DELHI: Delhi's per capita income during financial year 2014-15 has increased to Rs 2.41 lakh from Rs 2.12 lakh in the previous fiscal, a rise of nearly 13.50 per cent over the period. Besides, the per capita income of the national capital is almost three times its value for the country, which stands at Rs 87,748, according to Economic Survey of Delhi 2014-15 tabled in the Delhi Assembly on Wednesday. As...
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₹1-lakh cr to be disbursed under MUDRA for micro-entrepreneurs -Shishir Sinha
-The Hindu Business Line Finance Minister meets bankers to set targets To promote very small businesses, the Centre aims to facilitate credit up to ₹1 lakh crore under the MUDRA scheme in the current fiscal. According to a senior government official, the credit facility issue was discussed at a meeting between the Finance Minister and bankers recently. It was proposed that for the current fiscal, the target under ‘Shishu’ category would be ₹40,000 crore,...
More »Cutting the Food Act to the bone -Biraj Patnaik
-The Hindu Two years after vociferously arguing for an expansion of the provisions of the National Food Security Act, the BJP in government is bleeding it with a thousand cuts, both fiscal and otherwise When Parliament passed the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in 2013, it had already become one of the most debated pieces of legislation in decades. Those for and against it had fought it out across yards of space...
More »ICRISAT study moots change in food habits -R Avadhani
-The Hindu Introduction of millets through PDS will improve health conditions, says academic SANGAREDDY (Telengana): Are the dietary changes taking place in the country resulting in double burden of both under and over nutrition despite improved economic conditions in the past 20 years? This issue is the gist of a study conducted by the International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). The study was conducted in 487 households in eight villages...
More »675 slum clusters to be safe from demolition in Delhi -Neelam Pandey
-Hindustan Times New Delhi: Over 600 slum clusters in Delhi will soon get civic amenities and protection from demolition action with the Delhi government clearing a proposal to notify them. The proposal was discussed and cleared at a meeting of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) chaired by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. The board decided to notify 675 slum clusters in the city that came up before 2006. A copy of...
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