-PTI * Of the total sanctioned strength of 38.02 lakh, 31.18 lakh were filled as on 1 March 2018, according to a written reply by Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh * Vacancies in central government are caused due to retirement, death, promotion, he said New Delhi: Amid chorus over lack of jobs, the government Wednesday said over 6.84 lakh posts were vacant in different departments under it. Of the total sanctioned strength...
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Maharashtra's water tanker demand doubles in a year -Rangoli Agrawal
-Hindustan Times/ Howindialives.com According to the Water and Sanitation Support Organisation, government of Maharashtra, the number of water tankers ordered from May till the third week of June has kept rising and stood at 42,680, against 10,801 during the corresponding period of 2018—an increase of about four times. As the monsoons finally covered more parts of Maharashtra last week, government data from a related metric shows just how grim the water...
More »Consider landless beekeepers as farmers, suggests beekeeping development committee
-The Hindu Business Line Panel has recommended renaming the National Bee Board as the Honey and Pollinators Board under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare. There is a need to recognise honeybees as inputs to agriculture and consider landless beekeepers as farmers, according to the Beekeeping Development Committee (BDC), which released its report on Wednesday. It has further suggested that training and development of beekeepers should be provided by State Governments. In...
More »Modi government slashes funds meant for rehab of bonded labourers by 61 per cent
-The New Indian Express While the total funds released for bonded labour rehabilitation was Rs 664.5 lakh in 2017-18, it has been reduced drastically to Rs 253.3 lakh the following year. NEW DELHI: Even as the labour ministry has not been successful in rehabilitating all the rescued bonded labour from across the country, the funds released for their rehabilitation has been reduced by 61 per cent, as per the latest...
More »Why 116 Dalit farmers in Gujarat want police protection from upper caste 'encroachers' -Samyak Pandey
-ThePrint.in Dalit farmers in Gujarat allege that they are being prevented by upper castes from cultivating land given to them by the State Government for farming. New Delhi: As many as 116 Dalit farmers from Gujarat approached Chief Minister Vijay Rupani this week for protection over an alleged threat to their life from upper-caste “encroachers”. The farmers, who belong to Rapar and Bhachau talukas of Kutch, allege that their upper-caste counterparts have, for...
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