-The Economic Times PUNE: Anand Ostwal, 30-year-old farmer from Satana in Nashik district, who had given last chance to farming after having failed for a decade, is holding on to 500 quintal onions in the hope of buying a car. "If I get a price of Rs 50/kg for the 500 quintal onions, I will get bonus amount of Rs 5 lakh to buy a car. Otherwise, I will have to drop...
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Centre plans to regulate playschools, creches -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government plans to bring in a regulatory framework to rein in play schools, creches and day care centres' charging exorbitant fees without providing standardized curriculum and learning aids. The policy, which includes implementation and monitoring of early child care and education for children below six years, is likely to be discussed in the Union Cabinet on Thursday. The women and child development (WCD) ministry...
More »Need freedom from babudom, CBI tells top court -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: At loggerheads with the Centre for wanting to probe top bureaucrats without prior approval in the court-monitored investigation into the coal scam, the CBI on Tuesday startled the Supreme Court by saying it was under the stranglehold of babus who frustrated its every proposal. During arguments on the necessity to adhere to Section 6A of Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act in court-monitored and court-directed investigations,...
More »Centre puts States on bird flu alert-Gargi Parsai
-The Hindu Cites "high risk" of occurrence of avian influenza after monsoon as in the past The Centre has alerted States on post-monsoon outbreak of highly contagious avian influenza or bird flu, which has the potential to be transmitted from birds and poultry to human beings (zoonotic risk). In an advisory to the governments, the Centre said that as in the past there was a "high risk" of occurrence of avian influenza after...
More »Jairam slams PSUs, says its land acquisition behind Naxal menace
-The Indian Express Seeking to give the credit for the fresh and more all-encompassing title of the new Land Acquisition Act to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said Sunday it was Gandhi who suggested the title of the Bill. Both Houses of Parliament passed the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Bill last week. The new Act replaces the over a century old Land...
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