-The Indian Express Officials said Devi was suffering from parenchymal haematoma, or bleeding inside the brain, for which she was treated at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi. Further, they said, her bank account had Rs 2,375. Mangargaddi (Giridih): THE JHARKHAND government has cited medical and bank records to deny reports that the death of a woman in Giridih last week was due to starvation. But her family maintains...
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No food for four days, woman starves to death in Jharkhand -Dharambir Kumar Sinha
-IndiaToday.in A 45-year-old reportedly woman, Meena Musahar, died of starvation in Jharkhand on Monday. It is alleged she was going without food for four days before she died. After falling ill on Monday morning, she was carried to the nearest hospital by her son where she was declared 'brought dead'. The death of Meena Musahar, a resident of Itkhori village of Prem nagar area, is the second such incident in the past three...
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-The Indian Express The son said that after his father's death in 2010, the little produce from a small farm with the family lasted barely two-to-three months. Officials are also probing as to why the woman, or any other member of her family, was reportedly not getting any other government benefits. Ranchi: A 58-year-old woman allegedly died of starvation at a village under Dumri Block of Giridih district in Jharkhand. District officials...
More »Pieces of a market -Ashok Gulati & Shweta Saini
-The Indian Express A single national agriculture market, promised by the BJP in its 2014 manifesto, remains a pipe dream. Can the government reform the broken APMC structure in the last year of its term? In its 2014 Lok Sabha election manifesto, the BJP promised to evolve a single national agriculture market (NAM) in the country with a view to enable farmers to get a better price and consumers to pay a...
More »Jharkhand government not happy with direct transfer of food subsidy -Sanjoy Dey
-Hindustan Times State food minister Saryu Roy said the state’s recommendation for cancelling the pilot project for direct transfer of food subsidy will be forwarded to the Centre this week. Ranchi: The BJP ruled Jharkhand government has decided to ask the Centre to withdraw its pilot project for direct transfer of food subsidy into account of beneficiaries in place of ration as it was causing immense trouble to the poor and was...
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