-Livemint.com With rural distress taking a turn for the worse due to weather woes and lower crop prices, farmer unions write to PM demanding constitution of commission New Delhi: With rural distress taking a turn for the worse due to weather woes and lower crop prices, leading farmer unions from across the country have written a joint letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding constitution of an income commission that could...
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Study: Only 19% primary schools in Bihar have toilets - Aranya Shankar
-The Indian Express The study also found that textbooks provided by the state government have grammatical errors with many words spelt incorrectly. A study conducted in 28 primary and upper primary schools in various districts of Bihar has revealed that only 19 per cent primary schools had toilets, 28 per cent had hand pumps and 83 per cent teachers were hired on contractual basis. The study also found that textbooks provided by...
More »Sale of subsidised toor dhal from today
-The Hindu At present, it is being sold at Rs. 190–200 a kg in retail stores To be sold at Rs. 110 a kg through Coop. outlets Chennai: Starting Sunday, consumers in major cities in the State can procure toor dhal at Rs. 110 a kilo. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had recently announced that imported toor dhal would be made available through 91 cooperative outlets. She had made the announcement following a steep increase in...
More »Thanks to reservation, more women will get plum posts in Karnataka -Nagesh Prabhu
-The Hindu More women will be recruited to top jobs in various Karnataka government departments, with the hike in reservation for women at 33 per cent from the present 30 per cent. Currently, the percentage of women employees in ‘A’ and ‘B’ categories is well-short of the level prescribed by the new reservation policy. Women in ‘A’ category jobs such as Senior Assistant Directors and Deputy Directors were at 22.47 per cent...
More »Karnataka’s public distribution system to go digital within three months -Nidheesh MK
-Livemint.com The state is mapping and feeding Aadhaar and biometric information of ration card holders into a server Bengaluru: Karnataka food and civil supplies minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Wednesday said the state’s fair price shops will go digital within the next three months. The state is mapping and feeding Aadhaar and biometric information of ration card holders into a server. All transactions in the public distribution system (PDS) will have to...
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