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What you can do with Re 1 in India -Basant Kumar Mohanty

-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Centre has raised wages under the rural job guarantee scheme - by the princely sum of one rupee a day in many states. The increase is the lowest in the 11-year history of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, and leaves its wage rates in 11 states stuck far below their minimum wages, set by the state governments. The eastern states are the worst hit. As...

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Haryana to come out with scheme to make farming a profitable venture -Manvir Saini

-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: Haryana Government is implementing a number of schemes to uplift the farmers through provisions of subsidies, increased productivity and marketing of produce to help them in making farming profitable. Agriculture and farmers' welfare minister OP Dhankar said on Thursday in a written reply to a question put up by INLD MLA Parminder Singh Dhull during ongoing budget session of state assembly here. The schemes having special provisions...

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Haryana spent 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' funds on laptop bags, mugs -Sukhbir Siwach

-The Indian Express The auditor also pointed out that there was no provision in the scheme for purchase of laptop bags and mugs. Chandigarh: Finding loopholes in the implementation of Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao (BBBP) campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) found diversion of funds meant for the campaign in Panipat district. According to CAG’s latest report, over Rs 3 lakh were spent on “preparation”...

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No one loves the farmer -Ashok Gulati & Siraj Hussain

-The Indian Express They are the largest constituency in UP. Yet, all parties have overlooked their issues Next month, Uttar Pradesh (UP) will have a new popular government, hopefully with a clear mandate. If UP was a country, with a population reportedly of more than 214 million in 2015 (as per UN population projections), it would have been the fifth most populous country in the world after China, India, US and Indonesia....

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'Digital' village asks what's netbanking -Maria Akram

-The Hindu Surakhpur, declared ‘fully digital payment enabled’ by government, rues low literacy, poor connectivity Around 10 days ago, a team of Delhi government officials handed over two PoS (point of sale) machines to kirana (grocery) store owners Surat Singh and Ramesh Kumar, both residents of Surakhpur village in Najafgarh, on the Delhi-Haryana border. The officials taught the two how to use the machines. On Wednesday, when The Hindu visited the village, where...

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