-The Economic Times Milk prices are likely to go up in 2019, cooperative dairies said, as supplies are less than usual during this period. Lower returns to farmers have led to the drop in milk production in winter, when supplies tend to go up, they said. “Milk prices are bound to INCrease in 2019. Low stocks of skimmed milk powder (SMP) and a drop in milk supplies compared to previous year are the...
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UIDAI to obtain biometrics of 30 lakh NRC applicants -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will record biometric data INCluding the fingerprints and iris scans of about 30 lakh applicants who have sought to be INCluded in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) after having been excluded from the final draft published last year. Almost 30 lakh out of the 40 lakh people who found their names missing from the NRC had filed claims to be INCluded during...
More »Ganga water quality has improved, govt. tells RS -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu Cleaner stretches recorded across all riverine States New Delhi: The water quality of the Ganga in 2018 has “improved over last year”, according to a written statement in the Rajya Sabha on Monday by junior Water Resources Minister Satyapal Singh. The statement said “dissolved oxygen” levels had improved at 39 locations, and “biological oxygen demand” (BOD) levels and faecal coliform had decreased at 42 and 47 locations respectively. These three parameters...
More »Spurt in SMP prices cheers dairy farmers -Rutam Vora
-The Hindu Business Line Export sops, higher consumption to help get rid of excess milk powder stocks The New Year is set to bring smiles on the faces of dairy farmers, thanks to firm prices of the skimmed milk powder (SMP) following export INCentives by the government. Most co-operative dairies and private players were able to get rid of their excess SMP stock, which led to firming up of prices by at least...
More »Palanpur, a fascinating story of INCome growth, social change -Niranjan Rajadhyaksha
-Livemint.com This Uttar Pradesh village offers a microcosm of the broader change in Indian villages sINCe independence Palanpur is a relatively unknown small village in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh. However, it has a special place in development economics because of a research project that has stretched over seven decades. Economists have conducted seven detailed surveys of Palanpur sINCe the 1950s, a rare longitudinal database that shows how the village has changed...
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