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Minimum wages fixed for ration dealers

-The Hindu Meeting between CM and dealers held, Rs. 16,000 for those with 350 cards THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (Kerala): The minimum wages for ration dealers has been fixed at Rs. 16,000. A press note issued here said this was applicable to dealers with 350 cards. This was decided at a meeting between Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and ration dealers on Wednesday. Meeting The Chief Minister’s meeting was called to finalise the wages that will accrue to...

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90% of PDS wheat in Madhya Pradesh diverted illegally: State Agriculture Minister -Milind Ghatwai

-The Indian Express State agriculture minister Gaurishankar Bisen made purported statement in closed-door govt meet Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Gaurishankar Bisen has reportedly said in a closed-door government meeting that 90 per cent of the wheat procured for distribution in his state through the PDS system is diverted illegally. The statement attributed to Bisen, who refused to elaborate on it later, comes at a time when there is talk about...

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Anti-slaughterhouse drive in Yogi Adityanath's UP based on half-truths, rumours -Niha Masih

-Hindustan Times Aligarh: “She is a very Iron lady,” says Krishna, a municipal stenographer as I wait to meet the mayor of Aligarh, the BJP’s Shakuntala Bharti on a sultry afternoon. After over an hour, clad in a bright red sari with a thick golden border, vermillion streak on forehead and sindoor all the way back in her hair, Bharti, 51, walks in with a small black pug called Blackie. Amongst the first...

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What's in a unique number? -Swati Narayan

-The Indian Express Linking of Aadhaar to a growing number of government entitlements is misguided LAST week the Union food ministry issued an unprecedented diktat. It has insisted that each family member must possess an Aadhaar number within four months, to be eligible for subsidised foodgrains under the National Food Security Act. This ties in with the larger plan for all ration shops by 2019 to verify Aadhaar biometrics at every...

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Demonetisation move leaves farming community shaken -KV Kurmanath

-The Hindu Business Line Scarcity of ?100 notes hits kharif harvesting; decline in demand worsens situation Hyderabad: Ram Singh (name changed), a 45-year-old farmer near Ranjim, a tehsil in Chhattisgarh, stood impatiently in the long queue, waiting for his turn to swap a bunch of old notes for new. “I don’t want the new notes. I’m desperately looking for ?100 notes that I need to pay to the labourers that I have...

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