Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday submitted the Working Group on Agriculture Production report to Indian Prime Minister in New Delhi. It is to mention that Indian Prime Minster on April 8, 2010 constituted the Working Group on Agriculture Production under the chairmanship of the Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the Chief Ministers of Punjab, Bihar and West Bengal as members to recommend strategies and action plan...
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Centre allows sugar export of 5-lakh tonnes by Gargi Parsai
It will have no impact on domestic prices, says Pawar Union Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that the government will allow export of 5 lakh tonnes of sugar under Open General Licence by the end of this month after working out the modalities. All sugar mills would be allowed to take advantage of higher domestic sugar production and high global sugar prices.Mr. Pawar also announced a hike...
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An Indian serving judge and his family members’ names were reported as beneficiaries of India’s National flagship programme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) in Jukkal block of Nizamabad district in Andhra Pradesh. As per information, Judge Vijayrao Patel, who is currently posted at Sholapur district Court and his name was registered in his native village Gullabig in Indian government job scheme meant for people living below poverty line(...
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This week’s good news on food price inflation was evened out by the bad news on fuel prices hike. But, both were along expected lines. Thanks to the so-called “base effect” — the fact that last year this time food prices were rising sharply and since last year’s prices become the denominator in this year’s price ratio, the rate of inflation would be expected to moderate — and to an...
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The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre and the Orissa government as to why the probe into the alleged irregularities in utilisation of funds for implementation of MGNREGA scheme not be handed over to the CBI. “Why not a direction be given to CBI to investigate the matter in accordance with law,” a bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia said. The bench directed the chief secretary of Orissa...
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