The hazards of pesticides -Devinder Sharma
-The TribuneProposed Bill needs to make the industry pay for health damages AMIDST a hurricane of lawsuits that agrochemical multinational…
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By making crop insurance optional for farmers, has the Centre effectively ended the scheme? -Siraj Hussain
-TheWire.inMaking crop insurance mandatory for loanee farmers provided an attractive deal for insurance companies. Without this, will the business still…
Government data shows fall in job creation by schemes -Swati Mathur
-The Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Some of the flagship employment generation and placement schemes, such as the Prime Minister’s Employment…
Soil health card helps boost farm income: Study
-PTINew Delhi: Use of soil health card has helped farmers substantially reduce the cost of production and achieve higher production,…
Cash transfer to ration cardholders: Madras High Court dismisses Puducherry Chief Minister’s plea -Mohamed Imranullah S
-The HinduCourt holds that V. Narayanasamy could not question the President’s decision concurring with Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi, in favour…
Brus vs non-tribal Bengalis: It’s a clash among the displaced in Tripura -Rahul Karmakar
-The HinduFollowing the agreement allowing some 35,000 displaced Bru tribal people to settle permanently in Tripura, tension is brewing between…
Set to lose land for Ram statue plan in Ayodhya, villagers ask why their farms -Avaneesh Mishra
-The Indian ExpressThe January 25 notice by the district administration mentioned 86 hectares and 259 landowners in the Yadav-dominated gram…
Is the Census exercise in danger?
-The Hindu Business LinePushing the NPR in a restive atmosphere could compromise the integrity of socio-economic data Growing incidents of…
Citizenship Amendment Act may leave Muslims stateless, says U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
-The HinduU.N. chief says he is personally concerned about the future of minorities in India. India’s new citizenship law may…
Nutrition: In Budget 2020, rhetoric beats reality again -Bharat Dogra
-Newsclick.inAs the numbers show, the government isn’t putting its money where its mouth is Everyone, including the government, recognises the…
Flood-affected people threaten agitation over unkept promises -Rishikesh Bahadur Desai
-The HinduOfficers admit that additional amount announced by CM yet to be paid to farmers Belagavi (Karnataka): Delay in distribution…
Jharkhand: Almost 90% of deleted ration cards belonged to real households, finds study
-Scroll.inIn 2017, lakhs of ration cards were deleted in the state without informing the households. Almost 90% of the ration…
Only 8.4 crore poor in India, claims a new study -Sunitha Natti
-The New Indian ExpressThe authors conclude that the record pace of poverty reduction was due to high growth rate. Only…
CVC searcher is also CVC applicant! -Sanjay K Jha
-The Telegraph‘Finance secretary Rajiv Kumar was eventually not chosen, probably because of stiff opposition’ A member of the search committee…
Story of budget ’20, in 9 charts -Team Plain Facts
-Livemint.comWith no significant spending increase to boost consumption or other major reform, the 2020 budget may lack the firepower to…