-Press release by Oxfam India dated 15 September 2022 New Delhi: Oxfam India’s latest ‘India Discrimination Report 2022’ finds women in India despite their same educational qualification and work experience as men will be discriminated in the labour market due to societal and employers’ prejudices. The academically recognised statistical model applied in the India Discrimination Report is now able to quantify the discrimination women face in the labour market. The lower...
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Was ethanol the reason for the ban on broken rice exports -Raju Sajwan and Shagun
-Down to Earth A look at official data shows that the allocation of Food Corporation of India rice for ethanol was drastically increased in 2021-22, as compared to 2020-21. But the government has now put restrictions due to low production The Narendra Modi government imposed restrictions on the export of broken rice September 8, 2022. A number of theories are doing the rounds as to why the government did this, including a...
More »Food Ministry canteens to have millets on menu
-IANS/ The Statesman 2023 will be celebrated as the International Year of Millets. The Ministry said millets consumption helps in managing life style diseases. The Union Food Ministry has directed its official canteens and meetings to serve millets in order to promote their consumption, in view of their health benefits. Millets may be included as one of the snacks/biscuits made of millets, such as ragi biscuits/cookies/ladoos and baked millet chips etc. as snacks...
More »Jobs, growth key priorities, not inflation, says Nirmala Sitharaman -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu Job creation, equitable Distribution of wealth, growth are key priorities, says Union Finance Minister Inflation is not a ‘red-lettered’ priority now for the government given that it has been brought down to a ‘manageable level’ over the past two months and job creation and equitable Distribution of wealth were instead the key priorities as of now, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. “I am not sure I can have the...
More »More than half the funds for POSHAN Abhiyaan unutilised: NITI Aayog report -Taran Deol
-Down to Earth The scheme has an earmarked three-year budget of Rs 9,046.17 crore from 2017-18, when it was launched Less than half the funds set aside for the POSHAN Abhiyaan have been utilised by India’s states, according to the fourth progress report released by the NITI Aayog September 1, 2022. States and Union territories (UTs) with poor Distribution of mobile phones and growth monitoring devices emerged as those with low fund utilisation....
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