-Livemint.com Loan waivers and the promise to raise MSP cannot solve the problem The victory of Congress party in the recent assembly elections of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan has brought the agrarian crisis in rural areas to the centre of political debate. While there are several factors in election victories, the severity of the agrarian unrest was surely a major factor. While there is consensus that the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party...
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-The Hindu Business Line NITI Aayog’s document sets out economic goals, but there’s no roadmap The NITI Aayog’s Strategy for New India @75 lays out a checklist of priorities for economic policy-makers over the next three years. It sets out as an immediate priority, the ramping up of the investment rate to 36 per cent of the GDP by 2022, from 29 per cent at present in order to hit a growth...
More »'One family, one job' scheme in Sikkim -Rajeev Ravidas
-The Telegraph The scheme envisages providing jobs to a member of every family who does not have a government job Gangtok: The Sikkim Assembly on Thursday approved creation of over 16,000 temporary jobs in different departments as part of the government’s ‘one family, one job’ scheme announced by chief minister Pawan Chamling earlier this year. The scheme envisages providing jobs to a member of every family who does not have a government job. “We...
More »'Ujjwala connections get three refills annually on an average' -Twesh Mishra
-The Hindu Business Line Oil companies gear up to meet LPG demand after Ujjwala expansion New Delhi: The annual average demand for LPG cylinder refills is now three under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) according to IndianOil Chairman, Sanjiv Singh. “The average number of LPG refills in every household across the country was close to seven plus before the Ujjwala scheme was launched. This has now tapered to seven and the...
More »Himachal, Kerala and TN top development index
-The Hindu Aim is to instil competition among States to improve performance: NITI Aayog Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu have Been ranked highest in terms of being on track to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), according to a first-of-its-kind index released by NITI Aayog on Friday. The index comprises a composite score for each State and Union Territory based on their aggregate performance across 13 of the 17 SDGs....
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