-Down to Earth Bijaya Jhankar grows nine traditional varieties of paddy that have a longer harvest duration of 130-150 days The eyes of Bijaya Jhankar twinkle as he approaches his 1.2 hectare (ha) farm for harvesting paddy. They are unlike any other varieties grown in his village Sanbaheli, which lies in the vast Sunabeda plateau of Odisha’s Nuapada district. “They yield shorter grains, take longer to mature but are of tremendous sentimental value,”...
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The under-nutrition problem in Bundelkhand should receive equal attention of the policymakers, if not more
Recent media reports point out that the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh is likely to get about Rs. 6,300 crore projects ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, including a Rs. 400 crore worth plant for the propulsion system of anti-tank guided missiles in Jhansi. The foundation was laid for the first project in the Jhansi node (related to the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor) on November 18, 2021. The two...
More »UP: Far From Doubling Income, Suicide Woes Shadow Engulf Farmers -Saurabh Sharma
-Newsclick.in The Centre has on many occasions announced to double the farmer’s income but the reality on the ground paints a different picture. Suffocated under a cycle of debt, some of them are allegedly taking the extreme step. Banda: Ram Ruchi was just 22 at the time of his death. A young farmer from Majra Pandin village in Banda district hanged himself to death on the ill-fated day of October 7, 2021....
More »22 farmer unions form political front, to contest Punjab Assembly polls
-The Hindu Samyukt Kisan Morcha says it will not fight the elections. Ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections due early in 2022, 22 of the 32 Punjab-based farmer unions that were at the forefront of the agitation against the now repealed farm laws announced on Saturday that they would contest the election under the Banner of ‘Samyukt Samaj Morcha’ even as the the umbrella body Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) that spearheaded the...
More »Finance Ministry: 99.31% of Money Returned to Circulation after Demonetisation
-MoneyLife.in Responding to a question raised by Rajya Sabha MP (member of parliament) Subramanian Swamy, the finance ministry informed the parliament that Rs10,720 crore worth of old Rs1,000 and Rs500 notes did not return into circulation after demonetisation. According to the finance ministry, when demonetisation was announced on 8 November 2016, Rs15,41,793 crore worth of withdrawn notes were in circulation. The finance ministry revealed in its written reply that, after verification and...
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