-Down to Earth Finance Ministry has said that such parity is not possible as it would involve an additional burden of around Rs 10,000 crore on the exchequer The Union Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) puts on hold the consideration of bringing parity of MGNREGS wage with minimum wages of states as its proposal has not got an in-principle approval from the Finance Ministry. According to the MoRD, the finance ministry has...
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In 2016 stubble was burnt in over 2L hectare land: HARSAC
-Outlook India According to the Hisar-based Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC), the area in which stubble was burnt in 2016 was more than what it was in the previous two years and the same as 2013 Chandigarh: Stubble in over two lakh hectares of land was burnt last year in Haryana despite the state government cracking the whip on farmers who defied orders restricting the practice. Crop-residue burning had led to air pollution...
More »In villages where it flows, SYL canal matters less than jobs -Jagdeep Singh Deep
-The Indian Express The Congress for its part has claimed that it was the one that “saved” Punjab’s water as it had cancelled the SYL agreement with Haryana during its 2002-2007 term in office, when Amarinder Singh was chief minister. Kapoori (Patiala): When Harinder Harry discusss the elections in Punjab, he talks about unemployment, drugs and several other issues, but makes no mention of the one thing that his village is famous...
More »Karnal, Patiala chosen as model districts to stop crop burning
-PTI Karnal in Haryana and Patiala in Punjab have been chosen as model districts for implementing orders to stop stubble burning, the National Green Tribunal has been informed. The state governments told the green panel that both these districts have been selected due to high rural population and agricultural activity in these areas. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the Haryana and Punjab governments to submit complete action plans...
More »Pronab Sen, Country director of the International Growth Centre, interviewed by Ajaz Ashraf
-Scroll.in India’s first chief statistician, Pronab Sen, is now country director of the International Growth Centre, which seeks to build effective growth facilities through engagement between policymakers and researchers. In this interview to Scroll.in, he speaks on the 50 days of demonetisation, its failings, its severe impact on the poor, the loss of credibility of the Reserve Bank of India, the push to make India a cashless or less-cash economy, and...
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