Adding diversity to plate
The Government of India has proposed mandatory rice fortification to tackle the issue of malnutrition in the country. The process of fortification includes externally adding nutrients to a food item with
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National Food Security Bill, 2011
<p><span id="itro1">This National Food Security Bill, 2011 has been approved by Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council and sent to the government. It seeks legal food entitlements to 90 per cent rural and 50 per cent urban households.</span></p>
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MGNREGS scam comes to light in Meghalaya
In another case of alleged fraud during implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Meghalaya, a father-son duo duped gullible villagers in the name of implementation of the Central scheme.
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Modi's global warming book gives selective information
AHMEDABAD: Chief minister Narendra Modi's book on global warming, 'Convenient Action - Gujarat's Response to Challenges of Climate change', has selective information and data to defend Gujarat's development model. Environment activist Rohit Prajapati of NGO Paryavaran Mitra says he has reviewed the book and found it ignores the irreversible environmental degradation in the state.
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Hazare to Intensify Anti-Corruption Stir
Activist to go on fast as scheduled; Government mulls all-party meeting on July 3 Gandhian activist Anna Hazare vowed to intensify the stir for a stronger anti-graft legislation, saying the threat from corruption was greater than from Pakistan, and that the government is not serious about rooting out corruption.
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Delhi Govt Health Scheme Leaves 775 Kids Dead
Eight pregnant women enrolled under ICDS scheme also died last year, reveals RTI reply As many as 775 children and eight pregnant women, enrolled in the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme of the Delhi government under which nutritious food and health facilities are provided to underprivileged women and children, died last year, a RTI reply says. In a reply to an application un
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Thus Spake Hammurabi
Sparring Points Besides Lokpal Bill, politicians have sparred with civil society on four key pieces of legislation RTI Act: Various arms of government first block it, now place conditions designed
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Farmers up in arms against NICE
Begin three-day rally demanding return of 1,330-acre of land cquired for BMIC project More than 1,200 families of farmers, who lost their houses and land for the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project, have launched a three-day awareness campaign against the implementing agency, Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Limited (NICE) for acquiring excess land illegally. Not so
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Information on Blast Furnace design specifications provided by Bhilai Steel Plant under RTI Act
Information on Blast Furnace design specifications provided by Bhilai Steel Plant under RTI Act
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Citizen Cane Vs King Canute
On May 30, as the joint drafting committee of the Lokpal Bill met for the fifth time in the conference room of the ministry of finance in North Block, trouble was already brewing. In the last four meetings,
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Information on converter shop (SMS-II) provided by Bhilai Steel Plant under RTI Act
Information on converter shop (SMS-II) provided by Bhilai Steel Plant under RTI Act.