-Business Standard Manoj Sinha said work on the framework is ongoing, private players are encouraged to share their inputs With a focus on securing more investments and expertise from the private players in the agriculture sector, the government is keen to create a formal comprehensive framework for Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the sector, a senior government official said. Speaking at an event organised by industry body Ficci on the issue, Agriculture Secretary...
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Hunger Games? Govt may Shut Down Free Ration Scheme After September -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in A finance ministry note has reportedly warned against too much spending on food and other subsidies. The scheme for providing 5 kg food grain to every individual in addition to the subsidised ration given to ration card holders may be finished after September. Called the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), it was started during the first lockdown in April-May 2020 and has been extended every six months. It is...
More »AAP’s claims of creating 10 lakh jobs misleading -Nikhil M Babu
-The Hindu Only 12,588 people got jobs through the Delhi Government’s Rozgar Bazaar portal National convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other party leaders have been claiming for the past several months that their government has provided 10 lakh jobs in the Private Sector to Delhiites through its Rozgar Bazaar portal. But only 12,588 people had actually secured jobs through the portal till May...
More »70 per cent of 10-year-olds in 'learning poverty', unable to read and understand a simple text
-Press release by UNICEF dated 23 June, 2022 COVID-19 worsens global learning crisis, risking $21 trillion in lifetime earnings WASHINGTON: As a result of the worst shock to education and learning in recorded history, learning poverty has increased by a third in low- and middle-income countries, with an estimated 70 per cent of 10-year-olds unable to understand a simple written text, according to a new report published today by the World Bank,...
More »At the centre of job creation -KR Shyam Sundar
-The Hindu The government should re-establish its role as the principal employment generator With his announcement that 10 lakh government jobs will be provided over the next 18 months on a “mission mode”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent four messages. One, the creation of employment is indeed a problem and can no longer be hidden from the public discourse. Two, the Private Sector, especially modern sectors such as the service and manufacturing...
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