As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.
In an affidavit filed before Supreme Court, the months-old state BJP govt has affirmed ED’s charges against 2 senior civil servants who served in erstwhile Bhupesh Baghel regime.
The OMSS has been successfully used to reduce the excessive stocks of wheat and rice. However, the government has not been able to find buyers for rice.
In February 2019, CBI officers were detained outside residence of then Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar. Subsequently, central forces were deployed outside CBI, ED offices.
Lower procurement forecloses any opportunity before the government to make any additional allocations in the run up to General elections in April-May 2024.
During natural calamities like droughts, floods or pandemics, cash transfers may not be of much help. It is a good policy to distribute food grains rather than cash.
India home to almost 1/3 of 307 crore people who can't afford healthy diet worldwide, according to report released by UN Food and Agriculture Organization Wednesday.
Sidekicks are quintessential in Bollywood, and every few years, when a star or lead shines, a filmmaker reminds us that the person next to the hero is a key ingredient in the recipe.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
So, there will be a shortage of rice for ethanol? I say that’s a good thing. This whole business of growing more subsidized rice from tax money, and then selling the ethanol again to the taxpayer, needs to stop. Ask Punjab farmers to switch to pulses and oilseeds and cotton instead, to reduce our imports. Everyone will benefit from this.
Punjab is not India’s rice bowl. Telangana is.
So, there will be a shortage of rice for ethanol? I say that’s a good thing. This whole business of growing more subsidized rice from tax money, and then selling the ethanol again to the taxpayer, needs to stop. Ask Punjab farmers to switch to pulses and oilseeds and cotton instead, to reduce our imports. Everyone will benefit from this.