-The Indian Express More than half the villages where the state Groundwater Survey and Development Agency’s summer survey found a depletion of over 3 metres from the five-year average are in Marathwada — 1,467 villages. Beed (Maharastra), Mumbai: Twice over the last six months, residents of Chaklamba village in Beed district’s Georai taluka have gone on a relay hunger strike in 43-degree temperatures, spending scorching afternoons in the shade of a...
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Conserve rainwater: PM to CMs -Rajesh Kumar
-The Pioneer New Delhi: Concerned about the water crisis and drought conditions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote to Chief Ministers of all States advising them to conserve rainwater during the forthcoming monsoon. The PM had earlier written a personal letter to 'Gram Pradhans'(village chiefs) urging them to conserve rainwater. The issue of drought conditions and water scarcity was discussed at the highest level at the NITI Aayog's governing council meeting last week....
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-The Economic Times According to Dr Arun Shah of the IAP, the Nitish Kumar govt failed to implement the guidelines drafted in 2015 to prevent a similar outbreak. NEW DELHI: While litchi is mostly being blamed for the outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district that has claimed lives of more than 100 children, experts maintain that malnutrition and the recently-held Lok Sabha elections are actual culprits. According to Muzaffarpur-based...
More »GDP numbers: EAC-PM rejects ex-CEA's claims, releases point-to-point rebuttal
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) on Wednesday rejected the claims of former CEA Arvind Subramanian regarding over-estimation of GDP numbers and said that India's current methodology is at par with its global standing as a responsible, transparent and well-managed economy. The EAC-PM released a detailed note titled 'GDP estimation in India - Perspectives and Facts' and as it earlier stated, the note...
More »More Women Are Out of Work, Reveals Govt Report -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Women’s work participation has dramatically declined, unemployment is at an all-time high and they often get half the wage of what men get for same work, shows the latest labour force survey report. The recently released Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2017-18 reveals a striking decline in women’s participation in the workforce. Only about 22% of women of working age (defined as 15 years of age or more) were gainfully...
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