-The Times of India NEW DELHI: States may have seized around 78,000 tonnes of pulses in raids till Monday, but it is taking time to release this huge quantity in the market to moderate the spiraling prices. This is because the officials need to follow the norms laid down in the Essential Commodities Act, which may take at least two to four weeks from the date of seizure. On Monday, arhar was...
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States start selling pulses at lower rates through their outlets
-Business Standard The Centre had asked state governments to meet millers, retailers and wholesalers to make pulses available at reasonable prices Heeding the advice of the Centre, some state governments have started selling tur dal at lower rates of Rs 120-140 a kg through their own retail outlets. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are distributing a kg of tur dal at a highly subsidised rate of Rs 50 through ration shops, while Tamil Nadu...
More »From 60 to 7000 patients in 3 years, Uttarakhand floods play havoc with mental health -Shivani Azad
-The Times of India DEHRADUN: The number of patients with 'severe mental disorders' has multiplied an astounding 100 times in the last three years in Uttarakhand — from 60 in 2012 to almost 7,000 today as per data compiled by the state health department. A large part of the quantum jump, say worried health officials, can be attributed to the devastating floods of 2013 that killed thousands and displaced lakhs, with...
More »Why poverty in rural India is still a concern -Ruhi Tewari
-The Indian Express The recently-released India Rural Development Report, which is endorsed by the government, says 7% of the rural population is ‘very poor’; villages in eastern Indian states are the worst affected. A World Bank report released this week has proposed a new way to measure poverty, which suggests that India may have been overestimating the number of its poor. According to a separate set of figures and analysis endorsed by...
More »Centre puts the brakes on JNNURM research projects, capacity-building -Mehboob Jeelani
-The Hindu 36 States asked to end research and capacity-building. The Urban Development Ministry has asked 36 States to terminate their research and capacity-building measures under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), a move that will roll back the achievements of the scheme launched by the UPA government and render it defunct. Under the JNNURM, the State governments established Reform and Performance Management Cells (RPMCs), a body of experts to guide...
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