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The fate of SC/ST funds is a secret even to the sarkar! -Venkatesh Nayak

-Deccan Herald Despite such systems, generation after generation, these deprived communities pay the price for the progress of other segments of society It’s happened again. Nearly Rs 8,000 crore, earmarked by law for the development of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities in Karnataka, have been diverted for general infrastructure development since 2018. In Delhi, citizens’ RTI interventions exposed the government’s decision to deploy such funds to build stadiums for the 2010...

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Is the govt. doing enough for the Jan Aushadhi scheme?

On Janaushadhi Diwas this year (i.e., March 7th, 2022), Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi stated that the poor and the middle-class benefited from the 'Jan Aushadhi Kendras' that were set up to provide generic drugs at affordable prices. He said that the poor and the middle class saved around Rs.13,000 crore through these stores during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of COVID 19 crisis, the 'Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India'...

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Meet Jagadeesh Reddy: Andhra farmer scripting success without use of chemicals -D Surendra Kumar

-The New Indian Express Yanamala Jagadeesh Reddy, hailing from Danduvaripalle in Bangarupalem mandal cultivates paddy, mango, millets in 20 acres without using chemicals. TIRUPATI: Inspired by the words of Subhash Palekar on natural farming and his technique of zero-budget natural farming, a farmer from Chittoor district has adopted natural farming and now he is netting good profits. He has been cultivating paddy, mango, millets and other crops on his 20 acres and producing...

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Burden of farm expense has increasingly passed from Centre to states -Abhinav Surya

-TheFederal.com Of the total public expenditure in agriculture, the Centre’s share fell from 50% to 37% between FY11 and FY20, while the states’ increased from 50% to 63% Fiscal federalism and Centre-state financial relations have always been a hotly discussed topic, with sharper debates arising in recent times. The total burden of public expenditure on the Central exchequer as a share of gross domestic project (GDP) has declined over the past decade,...

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Six takeaways from IPCC AR6 Report: Long-term benefits of cutting emissions today outweigh costs -Avantika Goswami

-Down to Earth The report provides an exhaustive list of solutions across the energy, buildings, transport, land and industrial sectors which show that it is possible to cut emissions quickly and cheaply The United Nations’ climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the third instalment of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) April 4, 2022. The report prepared by the IPCC Working Group III (WG-III) focuses on the mitigation...

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