-The Times of India blog With little over than a year left for the 2019 general elections, the Narendra Modi led NDA government has finally remembered the farmers of the country. Last week, finance minister Arun Jaitley said agriculture sector is the government’s top priority in this year’s budget. This has left many surprised considering BJP had promised to ensure a minimum of 50% profit over cost of production in their...
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Diesel price at all-time high as crude oil surges in international markets -Gireesh Chandra Prasad
-Livemint.com Diesel price touched Rs.61.74 a litre in Delhi, while petrol hit Rs.71.18 a litre, the highest since 1 August 2014 New Delhi: Diesel price rose to an all-time high on Monday as crude oil price continued to advance in global markets, impacting India’s oil import bill and inflation. Diesel price touched Rs61.74 a litre in Delhi, while petrol hit Rs71.18 a litre, the highest since 1 August 2014, according to information provided...
More »Make law to protect those in inter-caste marriages, says Supreme Court -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Reading the riot act, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was "absolutely illegal" for anyone to attack couples marrying outside their caste and warned the government that if it did not bring a legislation to protect such couples, the court would lay down guidelines. Referring a couple of times to the murder of Nitish Katara by the kin of the girl he was in love...
More »Social security still a raw deal for many -Garimella Subramaniam
-The Hindu The goal of comprehensive social security coverage remains a mere slogan in many parts of the world A recent global report on social security could serve as a useful starting point to understand the appeal of populism across the world. The World Social Protection Report 2017-19 of the International Labour Organisation could also be viewed as a blueprint for action by political parties of the mainstream. A vast majority of people...
More »Vaccination RATes among India's rich have dropped, the national family health survey shows -Nayantara Narayanan
-Scroll.in Meanwhile, 55% of all Indians do not go to public hospitals to seek treatment. In 2017, India saw much uproar over the state of health facilities and medical services in the country. Rumours about vaccine safety dogged immunisation campaigns in some states, child deaths in government hospitals have raised questions about the state of public health facilities across the country, and large corpoRATe hospitals have come under the scanner for...
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