-The Hindu To address concerns about depleting groundwater reserves in India, the government has joined hands with the World Bank to execute a ?6,000-crore scheme called the Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY). The scheme is to be implemented over a period of five years from 2018-19 to 2022-23, according to a statement from the Union water Ministry. It is yet to be cleared by the Cabinet. The Atal Bhujal Yojana “aims to improve ground...
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As PRIces crash, Ramanagaram farmers dump mangoes on the road -MT Shiva Kumar
-The Hindu Ramanagaram (Karnataka): Now it is the turn of mango farmers to dump their produce on the roadside. Mango may be the king of fruits, but its growers are not the kings, at least in the State’s major mango-growing belt of Ramanagaram district as glut in production has resulted in a crash in wholesale PRIces of the fruit. Such is the depth to which wholesale PRIces have plummeted that the elite...
More »In Bihar's Banka, Women Build a Road the Government Couldn't
-TheWire.in Landowners who had earlier refused to give up their property for the road said they changed their minds on seeing the women's enthusiasm. New Delhi: Women from a remote village in Bihar’s Banka district have pooled together to fix what has been a major concern – the lack of a road in the area. According to a report in the Telegraph, more than 130 women from Nima village decided that they could...
More »Under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, Atal Bihari Vajpayee's village faces neglect -Siraj Qureshi
-IndiaToday.in Agra: When PRIme Minister Narendra Modi assumed charge four years ago, he declared that the development of villages was top on his PRIorities. For this, he asked all BJP MPs to adopt at least one village in their constituency under the 'Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana', even urging the lawmakers from other parties to follow the suit. However, none of the villages adopted by about 400 MPs of BJP, can claim to be...
More »Sugarcane crisis: Govt focuses on technology fixes, but not on mounting dues to farmers -Kundan Pandey
-Down to Earth While sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh owe about Rs 12,500 crore to farmers, the government’s measures were directed mostly towards tackling current PRIce crash In a knee-jerk reaction to the defeat in Kairana by-elections, the Narendra Modi government, on Wednesday, took a slew of policy decisions related to sugarcane industry. The plight of sugarcane farmers was a big issue during the recently concluded by-elections in this town in...
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