The Punjab government has decided to provide farmers with 36,020 subsidised machines for in-situ and ex-situ management of the crop residue for the upcoming kharif season harvest. The state government has between 2018 and 2023 received ₹1,560 crore to supply subsidised machines for crop residue management to the farmers, and till 2023 138,022 machines have been supplied to the farmers. …
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New Delhi, India – Tabassum Nisha lives in a shanty in a cramped corner of New Delhi’s Malviya Nagar neighbourhood with her five children. The ration card is a document issued by various state governments to households eligible to purchase subsidised food grains from the public distribution system under the National Food Security Act. When the Delhi government in 2020 …
India’s food-rationing system has been fully digitised in 24 states, allowing beneficiaries to receive subsidised food handouts in any of these states, a boost for migrant labourers, food minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Saturday. Food minister Ram Vilas Paswan The “One Nation One Ration Card” system, a digital platform which ensures in-kind welfare benefits move with migrants, now covers …
The Lancet study noted that in 2018 alone, there were 2.15 million new tuberculosis cases in India, an increase of 3 lakh cases in a single year. It adds that India must increase domestic expenditures on health and research on TB and also provide universal TB care to eliminate catastrophic costs for people with the ailment. Union Health Minister JP …