-The Asian Age The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre and state governments not to hide behind the “smokescreen of lack of funds” and ordered wide-ranging relief for drought-affected people in 12 states. These include mid-day MEAls during the summer vacation, addition of egg or milk to the mid-day MEAl menu, to universalise foodgrain rations and ensure adequate and timely release of funds for NREGA. It also ordered implementation of...
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Foodgrain output to stay below 2013-14 level, predicts agriculture ministry
Till recently agricultural production in the current crop year was expected to be adversely affected by drought situation in more than 10 states, apart from hailstorms and excessive rainfall that happened in March. However, if one were to believe a recent forecast made by the Ministry of Agriculture, the overall foodgrain production in the country this crop year is anticipated to remain almost the same as last year. In 2014-15,...
More »Niti Aayog asked to chalk out drought mitigation strategy -Yogima Sharma
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Hit by severe drought in at least 11 states across the country, the BJP-led NDA government has tasked its premier think-tank Niti Aayog to outline a drought mitigation strategy for the country. The report, which is likely to propose short-term, mediumterm and long-term MEAsures, is expected in a fortnight following which the Aayog will get into a mission mode to get the task done so that the...
More »47 per cent of Indian women still marry before 18, says new Lancet Report on adolescent health -Kundan Pandey
-Down to Earth It also says that the rate of rural Indian girls marrying before 18 years is twice that of their urban counterparts Child marriage is still common in India, with most Indian adolescents getting married before the age of 18, the latest report by prestigious medical journal The Lancet has revealed. The report, prepared by a Lancet “commission” made up of 30 experts from 14 countries, was released on May 11. The...
More »Centre can’t shirk responsibility while dealing with drought: Supreme Court -Utkarsh Anand
-The Indian Express The bench also issued directives for updating the drought management manual - published in 2009 — after taking into account rainfall deficit, timely declaration of drought and other factors. New Delhi: RULING THAT “the buck will eventually stop with the Government of India”, the Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Centre to consider drought as a disaster and constitute a national response force along with a consolidated fund within...
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