-Financial Express Under the Act, sugar mill owners are bound to pay interest if they fail to make the payment to farmers within 14 days of purchase. Complying with an Allahabad High Court order, the Yogi Adityanath government has asked 10 sugar mills in the state to pay 12% simple interest to the farmers for the late payment of their sugarcane dues for three financial years: 2012-13, 2013-14, and 2014-15. These 10 mills...
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University teachers and students criticise National Education Policy -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph UGC asks varsities to amend their rules to BRIng them in sync with the new system A group of university teachers and students on Friday criticised the National Education Policy as a document designed to “corporatise” education through the “excessive” use of online content, saying it would take higher education beyond the reach of the poor and marginalised. At a news conference, Delhi University teacher Nandita Narain highlighted NEP initiatives such...
More »At Uttarakhand School, Students Refuse to Eat Mid-Day Meals Cooked by Dalit Woman -Yogesh Kumar
-TheWire.in Sunita now fears losing her job as the parents of the school children allege that her appointment was in violation of norms, which the authorities deny. Dehradun: On November 25, Sunita, a Dalit woman, secured a job as Bhojan Mata, a cook, at a local government school in Sukhidhang village of the Champawat district, Uttarakhand. Even though the monthly salary paid to her is a meagre Rs 3,000 a month, the...
More »Govt uses majority in Lok Sabha to railroad Aadhaar-voter bill -JP Yadav
-The Telegraph Anticipating an attempt to BRIng the bill to Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, the Congress has issued a whip to its members to be present in the House all day The government on Monday used its brute majority in the Lok Sabha to railroad a bill that provides for Aadhaar-linking of the electoral rolls, allowing just nominal discussion amid a din and attracting Opposition charges of “killing democracy”. Critics of the Election...
More »Farmer Leader Launches Political Party To Contest Punjab Polls
-PTI/ NDTV.com Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni, who was a member of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, said their aim is to "purify" politics and BRIng good people forward. Chandigarh: Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni on Saturday floated his political party to contest the Punjab Assembly polls next year and batted for opium farming in the state. The farmer leader told reporters in Chandigarh that their aim is to "purify" politics and BRIng...
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