-The Tribune Rewari: Farmers in the district have been forced to sell their bajra (millet) produce to PRIvate buyers at much below minimum support PRIce (MSP). The Union Government has fixed Rs 2,350 per quintal as MSP for bajra but it is being bought between Rs 1,750 and Rs 1,825 per quintal. Though the arrival of 71,000 quintals bajra has so far been registered in the local grain market, the state government is...

-PTI/ Newsclick.in The scheme, with an allocation of Rs 33.56 crore, will be implemented in 1,545 schools benefitting 1,14,095 students across the state. Madurai: The breakfast scheme for government school students from class 1 to 5 was launched here on Thursday by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and he served and had food with children. Inaugurating the programme, Stalin said the scheme would bring beneficial change in the lives of the...

-The Telegraph There has been a pick-up in the PRIces of vegetables, fruits, eggs, meat and fish and cereals mostly because of erratic rains Wholesale PRIce index-based (WPI) inflation eased to a 11-month low of 12.41 per cent in August on softening in the PRIces of manufactured and fuel products even as food items remained expensive. Although WPI inflation declined for three consecutive months in August, it remained in double digits for...

-PTI/NDTV.com August is the 17th consecutive month of double-digit wholesale PRIce inflation (WPI). NEW DELHI: The wholesale PRIce-based inflation eased for the third consecutive month in August to 12.41 per cent, on softening in PRIces of manufactured items, even as food items saw an uptick. The Wholesale PRIce Index-based inflation was 13.93 per cent in July and 11.64 per cent in August last year. August is the 17th consecutive month of double-digit wholesale PRIce...

It is hard for the media to ignore the findings of global Human Development Report (HDR) whenever a newer and updated version is released. Every time when the HDR is published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), media persons and commentators tend to compare the performance of their respective countries with that of performance in previous years as also with respect to the relative performance of other nations. One of...