Several thousand day labourers and their families were driven out of Delhi over the past couple of days to try and hide India’s poverty from foreign visitors to the Commonwealth Games, a police officer said today. Most were taken to railway stations and put on trains under the Delhi government’s orders, said the officer who oversaw part of the operation. Those who couldn’t afford tickets had their arms branded with an...
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Negative agriculture growth in Bihar during NDA rule: RJD
Accusing the NDA government of Bihar of being 'anti-farmer', opposition RJD today alleged that the state had witnessed a negative agriculture growth rate during its term. Contrary to the agriculture growth rate of 7.74% during the Rabri Devi regime between 2001 to 2005, the farm sector's output nosedived to register a negative growth rate when the NDA goverment took over in November 2006, RJD national spokesperson Md Iliyas Hussain told reporters...
More »Urban food security has deteriorated in many States, says report by Gargi Parsai
Chronic under-nutrition among women decreased in Bihar and Orissa The urban food security situation has deteriorated in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnakata and Madhya Pradesh, while Punjab showed a marginal worsening till 2006, says a Report on the State of Food Insecurity in Urban India released here on Friday by Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy. “Indicators such as the percentage of anaemia amongst women and children, the percentage of women...
More »Rs. 217 crore central funds for Bihar's rural roads
The central government has given over Rs.217 crore to five public sector units (PSUs) for construction of rural roads in Bihar under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), the rural development ministry said Thursday. The state-run firms, which have been given these funds include the National Projects Construction Corporation Ltd (Rs.60 crore), the IRCON International Ltd (Rs.4.19 crore) and the Central Public Works Department (Rs.46.80 crore). The other two PSUs involved...
More »Kharif output set to be higher than last year: Pawar by Gargi Parsai
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday said that the kharif production at 114.63 million tonnes for 2010-11 crop year was “comfortable.” “The output is better than last year which was a drought year, but lower than 2008-09, which was a normal year.” “The kharif production looks good. Area under crops such as paddy, pulses, cotton and sugarcane is more than last year,'' he told journalists after the Agriculture Ministry released the...
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