-Down to Earth A report shows drought-like situation in over 700 blocks of 91 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar & West Bengal A severe deficit in the rainfall during monsoon 2022 has affected Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bihar. However, state Governments have shied away from declaring a drought in the states even though Kharif-sowing was badly hit. Uttar Pradesh Government directed a drought survey in all its districts September 8,...
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The Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme in Rajasthan -Mohammed Iqbal
-The Hindu How is this initiative different from the MGNREGA for villagers? What are some of the similar schemes being implemented in other States? The story so far: The Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme has rolled out in Rajasthan with the objective of providing economic support to the poor and needy families living in the cities through work to be provided on demand for 100 days in a year. The Congress...
More »122 farmer suicides in a single district in WB in 2021, reveals RTI query -Shiv Sahay Singh
-The Hindu In contrast, State Government has been maintaining that there were no deaths by suicide in agricultural sector; NCRB data also concur A Right to Information (RTI) query has revealed that there were 122 farmer and farm-related suicides in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district in 2021. The West Bengal Government has for the past several years maintained in public forums and the State Assembly that there has not been a single...
More »First Quarter GDP Estimates This Year no Cause for Celebration -Prabhat Patnaik
-Newsclick.in It is clear that the stagnation that was setting in during 2019-20 has persisted and has even intensified now. The estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the April-June quarter released by the Government on August 31 paint a dismal picture of the Indian economy. Since the GDP in real terms (at 2011-12 prices) shows an increase of 13.5% over the first quarter GDP a year ago, and since 13.5% appears...
More »CBI to probe AAP Delhi govt for 'irregularities' in purchase of 1,000 low-floor buses
-PTI/ The Telegraph Complaint was forwarded to the Chief Secretary on July 22 to seek comments from departments of Delhi Government and consequently their recommendations Delhi LG V K Saxena has approved a proposal to forward a complaint to the CBI to probe the alleged corruption in the procurement of 1,000 low-floor buses by the DTC, official sources said on Saturday. A complaint addressed to Saxena in June this year had highlighted the...
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