-The Indian Express While procurement has become popular among farmers, insufficient collection is forcing the Government to shell out hundreds of crores every year for rice imports while they have got all the rice right at home. Tripura’s BJP-led state Government is procuring 10,000 MT paddy from farmers at Minimum Support Price (MSP) starting Monday, even as the Centre’s Food Corporation of India (FCI), which procured paddy for the first time...
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Thousands of School Teachers in Bihar Upset Over Non-Payment of Salaries for 3 Months -Mohd. Imran Khan
-Newsclick.in Continuing delays in payment of salaries have led various teachers’ association to question the state Government’s commitment to the education sector in the state. Unhappy over the Nitish Kumar Government’s apathy towards the non-payment of salaries since March this year, hundreds of school teachers’ associations in Bihar are questioning the state Government’s commitment towards the education sector. Bihar Madhyamik Sikshak Sangh (BMSS) president Kedarnath Pandey said it is a matter of...
More »Economic data under a cloud
-The Telegraph The merger of two statistics bodies would bring such data more directly under the control of the Government During the last five years, there have been a number of controversies over economic data presented by the Government and by relatively autonomous bodies like the National Sample Survey Office. The controversies have been quite sharp, leading to two senior members of the National Statistical Commission resigning earlier this year. These controversies,...
More »Two years after Mandsaur police firings, victims' kin say still waiting for justice -Milind Ghatwai
-The Indian Express The BJP, now in the opposition, has accused the Congress of “milking” the Mandsaur case for political gains. Bhopal: Two years after the death of five protesters in two incidents of police firing near Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, family members of the victims have said they are still waiting for justice. The death toll would later rise to six after one protester succumbed to injuries allegedly suffered in police custody. The...
More »Half of India faces drought with low pre-monsoon rain, heat spell
-Hindustan Times IMD on June 1 said that this year the monsoon rainfall is likely to be “normal” at 96% of the long period average (LPA), and indicated that it would be evenly spread that could bring some respite to people suffering from dry weather conditions. New Delhi/ Pune/ Bhopal: Around 43% of the country is staring at a drought, Government reports released in the past week show. By June 15, it...
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