-The Times of India PUNE: A recently published study says the Indian Ocean has been warming consistently for over a century and at a faster rate than any other region of tropical oceans - and this may weaken the monsoon. The study by scientists from Pune's Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Sorbonne University in Paris and Pune's Fergusson College found the warming of the Indian Ocean has been a major contributor...
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PM Narendra Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat’ initiative: It’ll take more than brooms on ground to clean India -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India With the Prime Minister himself taking up the broom along with his cabinet colleagues, BJP cadres and lakhs of government employees, the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign got off to an energetic start on Thursday. But a look at the jaw-dropping dimensions of the problem makes one wonder whether Modi really has a chance to meet his target to clean up India by 2019? Here are some sobering...
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-The New Indian Express HYDERABAD: In a much-awaited relief to the cash-starved Andhra Pradesh government, the State Level Bankers' Committee (SLBC) on Tuesday reportedly agreed to accept its offer of upfront payment of 20 per cent outstanding crop loans of eligible farmers. The SLBC has constituted a sub-committee to look into proposals made by the Andhra Pradesh government on the modalities of crop loan waiver scheme and after a thorough discussion, finally...
More »More PDS Rice at Higher Price Soon
-The New Indian Express HYDERABAD: The Telangana Government is contemplating a hike in price as well as quantity of rice given on subsidy to white ration card holders through the public distribution system. The cabinet sub-committee headed by Finance Minister Etela Rajender, which met at the Secretariat Tuesday, discussed the issue plus the mechanism to weed out bogus cards by using the data compiled during the intensive household survey. Later, briefing mediapersons, the...
More »Farmers rue delay in cash deposit in banks
-Deccan Chronicle Hyderabad: The undue delay in remitting the first installment of loan waiver amount to banks by the Telangana state government has resulted in farmers across the state losing crop insurance benefit for the ongoing kharif season. Reports from Telangana districts confirm that the government did not remit the amount that was promised by it to banks by September 30, the last day for the banks to make adjustments of...
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