-The Business Standard K'taka government has announced this to enhance the jowar and ragi production in the state Dharwad: The Karnataka State Agriculture Commission has come forward with plans to tag the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme with jowar and ragi farming to help the farmers overcome the problem of high labour component. Commission chairman Prakash Kammaradi said here on Monday that the state government had announced schemes to...
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Andhra Pradesh counters RBI's claims -Jinka Nagaraju
-The Times of India In a sternly-worded letter dashed off to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Andhra Pradesh government has urged the institution to not underestimate the distressful conditions prevailing in the state for the past three years, which has forced as many as 6,792 farmers to commit suicide. The nine-page letter dated July 25, countering RBI's argument about AP reporting no cases of acute concern among farmers, has been...
More »Medak district staring at a severe drought? -R Avadhani
-The Hindu Sangareddy: The normal rainfall that needs to be registered as on August 7 is 392.7 m.m. whereas the actual rainfall registered was only 165.1 m.m. Is a severe drought staring at Medak district? That is what officials in the Agriculture Department feel. They fear that this may be worse than the drought the district faced about three years ago in 2011, when there were no rains till the end of...
More »Decline in Homeless Population: Census Data
As the country celebrates 68th anniversary of her independence this year, recent data from the Census 2011 reveals that the population of homeless declined by 8.8% between 2001 and 2011 to reach 17.7 lakhs. This means that 4.5 lakh households (of average household size 3.9) still do not have any shelter to sleep safely. Although the percentage share of homeless in total population is miniscule (i.e. 0.15%), in absolute numbers...
More »Farmers in Delhi on the edge of existence -Manoj Sharma
-The Hindustan Times New Delhi: Mohammed Abdul Sattar, 55, has been living in 'Delhi' for the past 20 years, but has never been to Connaught Place, which is hardly 8 km from his house. His 21-year-old daughter, Rukhsar Praveen, has been badgering him for the past few years to take him to shopping centre. "I have heard it's a big shopping centre with many tall buildings, but my father says it's...
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