-Livemint.com The draft National Policy for Women, 2017 approved by the group of ministers would ensure food, shelter, health and free education for women and children of poor families New Delhi: The draft National Policy for Women, 2017 approved by the group of ministers on Tuesday would ensure food, shelter, health and free education for women and children of poor families. “The nutritious and safe food through Public Distribution System (PDS) for households...
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GST: PDS shops down shutters in Shimla -Bhanu P Lohumi
-The Tribune Shimla: A large number of ration cardholders have been deprived of subsidised ration due to the closure of fair price shops ever since the rollout of the GST. In Shimla, shutters on more than 50 per cent shops under the Public Distribution System (PDS) are down with a notice that the sale had been closed due to the GST. Consumers are taking rounds of the PDS shops, but no ration is...
More »No fingerprints, no ration for lepers -Parveen Arora
-The Tribune Online Public Distribution System does not recognise beneficiary Karnal: The online Public Distribution System has become a hurdle for 65 leprosy-affected families in Indra Chakravarti Gram on the outskirts of Karnal as they are unable to get ration through this system. Most of them have lost their fingers due to the disease while the fingers of others have no prints. The affected families have raised the issue with the District Food...
More »Aadhaar and multiple identity disorder -Rajendran Narayanan
-Business Standard What is primarily required is political and administrative will for effective delivery of services Agantuk (The Stranger) was Satyajit Ray’s last film. The film revolves around the return of an old man, Manomohan Mitra, to India after 35 years. Manmohan had spent all his life with Adivasis from across the world and has a take on civilisation and progress that is at odds with the popular urban narrative of it....
More »Loan waiver alone not the panacea for Maharashtra farmers' woes: Experts -Rahul Wadke
-The Hindu Business Line High inputs costs, low price for produce and water scarcity are major challenges Mumbai: Despite the Rs. 34,000 crore farm-loan waiver in Maharashtra, farmers’ lives are unlikely to change for the better as they will continue to be up against familiar problems such as high input costs, low prices for their produce, and scant water availability, say farm sector experts. They are of the opinion that the core issues...
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