-PTI Chief Ministers’ sub-group of the NITI Aayog agrees to reduce number of centrally-sponsored schemes from 72 to 30. The number of centrally-sponsored schemes (CSS) is likely to be reduced to 30 from 72 with a Chief Ministers’ sub-group of the NITI Aayog reaching a broad consensus on the issue. The panel has also recommended increasing the share of flexi funds to 25 per cent from the current 10 per cent. “There is a...
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In a first, 109 sent to jail for urinating in public -Arvind Chauhan
-The Times of India Agra: In an unprecedented cleanliness drive, and perhaps, for the first time in India, Government Railway Police of Agra division has sent 109 persons to jail for 24 hours after they were found urinating on the railway property, including platform, tracks parking lot. They were later released after paying a fine ranging from Rs 100 to Rs 500 depending on the gravity of the act of creating...
More »Farm prices panel for efficient water use -Vishwanath Kulkarni
-The Hindu Business Line Calls for restructuring Nafed for effective procurement of pulses, oilseeds Bengaluru: The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has made a pitch for encouraging water use efficiency in agriculture. As part of its non-price policy recommendations for kharif 2015-16, the crop advisory body has suggested that States fix quantitative ceilings on per hectare use of both water and electricity. The farm sector accounts for about 83 per cent...
More »Abortion law plan stirs concern
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The health ministry's proposals to amend the abortion law have contradictory clauses that could force women to take unjustified decisions about their foetuses, a Mumbai gynaecologist said today, echoing concerns shared by other doctors. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971 prohibits abortion after 20 weeks of gestation. But the ministry, in a draft document released last year, has proposed changes to make the duration of pregnancy...
More »Toilet Scam in Madhya Pradesh District, Rs. 1 Crore Embezzled, Say sources -Siddharth Ranjan Das
-NDTV Raisen, Madhya Pradesh: A toilet scam has apparently been flourishing in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district. This was the conclusion the state government came to, after disbursing nearly 1 crore over the last three years under the State's Samagra Swachta Abhiyaan, sources told NDTV. On paper the district has 4000 toilets -- only a fraction of them can be found on the ground. "The Sub Divisional Magistrate has served notices to 44 sarpanchs,...
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