-TheWire.in More clarity is needed on what will be considered an export order in case stock limit has to be imposed. Out of the three game-changing ordinances issued by the Centre on June 5, 2020, the shortest and the most critical to the future of investment in agriculture is “The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020”. The ordinance seeks to specify and restrict the conditions under which the Government will be empowered issue regulations...
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After Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra oppose the Centre’s auction of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining -Nidhi Jamwal
-GaonConnection.com Recently the Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the auction of 41 coal mines for commercial mining in the country. Jharkand has already approached the Supreme Court opposing this move. Now, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra Governments have written to the Union environment minister opposing the auction to protect its forests, a tiger reserve and a proposed elephant reserve Three days after the Jharkhand Government approached the Supreme Court of India challenging the Centre’s...
More »How the Lockdown Destroyed Children’s Nutrition Programmes -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Meals distributed in anganwadi centres and schools petered out as the Modi Government had made no plans for continuing the programmes during the lockdown. The world’s two biggest child nutrition programmes – the ICDS or Integrated Child Development Scheme and the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) programme – run by the Indian Government suffered a severe jolt in March and April this year as foodgrain allocated for them was not made available during...
More »Coronavirus tests the limits of India’s capital -Nikhil M Babu
-The Hindu Even as COVID-19 cases and deaths are rapidly rising in the capital, the AAP Government is grappling with complaints of under-reporting, inadequate facilities and exploitative private hospitals. Nikhil M. Babu reports on how it frittered away an opportunity to ramp up healthcare facilities during the lockdown period On February 29 afternoon, when 45-year-old Rohit Dutta walked into the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi to take a COVID-19 test,...
More »Fewer hospital-born babies in Madhya Pradesh as women fear virus -Sidharth Yadav
-The Hindu In Madhya Pradesh, COVID-19 health priorities lead to 18.6% drop in institutional deliveries in April. Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh recorded a fall of 18.6% in institutional deliveries in April, the first month of the COVID-19 lockdown, casting a shadow on an improving trend, National Health Mission (NHM) data show. Private and Government-run health centres recorded 97,881 births in April 2019, around 18.1% more than the previous year. However, the count dipped to...
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