-The Indian Express The state government maintains that farm fires in Punjab contribute barely over 15 per cent to Delhi’s pollution. But officials in Sangrur admit there are problems, including the slow switch to “expensive” mechanical alternatives to stubble burning. Sangrur: To know why the National Capital is choking, visit Sangrur in Punjab — the district that recorded the highest number of farm fires in a single day this year. One of...
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Core sector output shrinks by 5.2% in September
-PTI * Output of core infrastructure industries shrank by 5.2% in September 2019 as seven of eight sectors Witnessed negative growth * During the April-September period, the growth of core industries fell to 1.3% against 5.5% in the year-ago period NEW DELHI: Output of core infrastructure industries shrank by 5.2% in September 2019 as seven of eight sectors Witnessed negative growth, according to official data released on Thursday. The eight core sectors had expanded...
More »Rural FMCG consumption lowest in the last 7 years: Nielsen -Suneera Tandon
-Livemint.com * The slowdown was more pronounced in northern India * Rural India contributes 36% to overall FMCG spends New Delhi: Consumption in rural India fell to a seven-year low in the September quarter, growing at a slower pace than that Witnessed in urban areas, in a sign that prolonged agrarian distress, uneven rainfall spread, and stagnant rural incomes have hit sales of branded packaged goods, market researcher Nielsen said in its quarterly...
More »In the national media conference, media practitioners take pledge to uphold positive values in digital communications
-Press release of 4th All India Media Conference, dated 8 October, 2019 Udaipur, Oct. 8: More than 300 media practitioners, researchers, scholars and educationists from different states of India and from four foreign countries took a pledge to empower the underprivileged sections of society by ending the digital divide and create new opportunities to highlight the issues of common people, rural areas, landless labourers, malnourished children and farmers affected by climate...
More »Gujarat tribal workers demand regular payments, refuse to migrate for sugarcane harvesting -Ravi Kaushal
-Newsclick.in The labourers from Dang migrate every year to Bardoli—a hub of sugar mills—where they are caught in a system of advance payments that bind them to the workplace for the duration of the season. Dang, a district in southern Gujarat, is Witnessing one of the largest labour movements in its recent history after the tribal sugarcane harvesters of the district decided not to migrate to Bardoli and other neighbouring areas. Bardoli,...
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