-The Indian Express With a glut in agricultural production, prices have fallen below MSPs. The government needs to get the agri-market right to address the farm crisis The farmers’ protests in Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Maharashtra indicate that all is not well on the economic front, especially agriculture. If such unrest could happen in MP, which claims to have registered the fastest agri-GDP growth at 9.7 per cent per year during...
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Anganwadis: A report card -Shradha Chettri
-The Indian Express The Indian Express visited 14 anganwadis, and found similar problems almost everywhere. New Delhi: A healthy meal and a stepping stone for school — anganwadis in the city have two key responsibilities. The Indian Express explores the problems at each front Five-year-old Naseem does not go to school, but that doesn’t mean he can stay at home after breakfast. As soon as the clock strikes 9 am, Naseem leaves home,...
More »Speedbreakers kill: They cause 30 crashes and 9 deaths a day -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Speedbreakers probably take more lives in India than they save. Road transport ministry data reveals that these 'safeguards' are the cause of 30 crashes daily, killing at least nine people a day. That's the average for two years since the government started collecting data on speedbreakers in 2014. Last year's figures are yet to be published, but government sources say they are likely to be similar. In...
More »60% of all east-bound trains ran late in May -Avishek G Dastidar
-The Indian Express In May, data shows, only 3.04 per cent trains lost punctuality due to law and order problems. Rail passengers travelling to the eastern parts of the country from the north were most affected by train delays in May, according to official data obtained by The Indian Express. The data show that of the 19,450 trains that failed to keep time from May 1 to May 30 across India, around...
More »Goa to write to Centre over notification on cattle trade
-The Times of India MARGAO: The BJP-led Goa government will write to the Centre raising objections to certain aspects of the central notification on cattle trade as it will have a severe impact on the hospital industry and other ancillary industries, town and country PLAnning minister Vijai Sardesai said here on Saturday. Sardesai, a member of Goa Forward Party, which is a BJP ally in the ruling coalition, said he had already...
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