-The Indian Express Lucknow: Nearly 3,000 new bank branches will be set up in rural areas of the state till 2014. Reserve Bank of India Governor D Subbarao assured CM Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday that the villages selected under Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Samagra Gram Vikas Scheme will be given preference for opening new branches. Subbarao met the CM at his residence in Lucknow. The chief minister pointed out that on the basis...
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Two years without polio -T Jacob John
-The Hindu The large sums of money spent in the eradication of the disease is an investment in the economic development of the country In the 1980s, only three decades ago, 200,000 to 400,000 children, all under 5 years, were afflicted with polio paralysis annually in India. That was a daily average of 500 to 1000 cases. By the age of six, eight among 1,000 children already had polio paralysis; two would...
More »Panel to submit food Bill report on Jan 16 -Sandip Das
-The Financial Express Notwithstanding ‘serious differences’ among its members, a parliamentary panel reviewing the National Food Security Bill, 2011, will submit its report to the Lok Sabha Speaker on Wednesday. The government aims to introduce the Bill in the forthcoming Budget session of Parliament. FE had reported last month that the panel would submit its report by mid-January. The 31-member panel, chaired by Lok Sabha MP Vilas Muttemwar, had been examining the Bill...
More »Andhra bans gutkha, paan masala-M Suchitra
-Down to Earth Becomes 17th state in country to impose ban on them The Andhra Pradesh government on January 9 banned manufacture, storage, sale, transport and distribution of gutkha, paan masala and similar chewable products that contain tobacco and nicotine. The ban has come into force with immediate effect. With this, Andhra Pradesh becomes the 17th state in India to ban tobacco products (see box). Civil society organisations and anti-tobacco activists have long...
More »House panel likely to recommend scrapping of household categories-Manoj CG
-The Indian Express The Parliamentary Standing Committee examining the National Food Security Bill is considering to recommend to the government to do away with the categorisation of “general” and “priority” (similar to the below poverty line) households in the legislation and provide uniform food guarantee to 75 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of the urban population. Keeping in mind the fiscal implications, the committee is likely to...
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