-Tribune India Policy shift towards market-oriented management will hit marginal farmers hard There is unfolding of the policy of the NDA government towards agriculture. Contrary to election speeches of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government has kept quiet about the Swaminathan Commission report about fixing the MSP of agricultural commodities at cost plus 50 per cent. At the same time, the government has given indication towards reduced FCI operations. It has been...
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Gram Nyayalayas scheme yet to get off the ground
Is it the case that lack of Central financial assistance is restricting the growth of Gram Nyayalayas? Available Government documents and reports corroborate this doubt. Shri Kapil Sibal WHO was the Law and Justice Minister during the UPA rule while answering a question on 18 December, 2013 said that since the commencement of the Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008, an amount of Rs. 3425.8 lakh was provided to the states as...
More »1,650 colonies to be regularised -Jatin Anand & Damini Nath
-The Hindu New Delhi: In a move that spells relief for an estimated 40 lakh residents staying in unauthorised colonies and also that would deliver on a promise made by successive governments, but ever fulfilled, the Delhi Government on Tuesday set the ball rolling on regularisation of such colonies. Residents of 1,650 such colonies can apply for the registration of their respective properties soon. "In a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal...
More »Seven years ago, everyone saw Delhi’s air take a deadly U-turn but no one did a thing -Pritha Chatterjee & Aniruddha Ghosal
-The Indian Express The way the graph moves tells the story of a public health disaster that has been allowed to happen: over the last 15 years, the fall and rise of the lethal, fine dust that clogs your lungs every day in the nation's capital. After the historic Supreme Court judgement in 1998 forced all public transport vehicles, an estimated 100,000, to switch to cleaner Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), the levels...
More »Centre sanctions Rs. 200 cr. for flood-hit J&K
-PTI Jammu: The Centre on Monday sanctioned Rs. 200 crore for immediate rescue and relief operations in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir, said Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed to the Assembly in Jammu today, according to an official press release which came in the form of a clarification. The clarification was issued after Mr. Sayeed told the Assembly that "I have authorised release of Rs 225 crore in favour of Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir....
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