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Relief to farmers: Need to provide regular power
The State government by deciding to provide electricity to farmers and power loom industry at low rates has tried to give them some relief. In a meeting of cabinet which was presided over by Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan the decision was taken that the domestic consumers using electricity up to 30 units monthly would be charged Rs 1.75 per unit in place of revised rates. The powerloom consumers having load up to 25 horse power would be provided electricity at Rs 2 per unit in place of revised rates. Low Tension agriculture consumers would also be provided electricity at low rates.
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The regime is satisfied
The junta lets a bit more aid in
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Vindhya Herbals from Madhya Pradesh Launched at National Level
Union Minister of Tribal Welfare Shri P.R. Kyndiah will be launching 'Vindhya Herbals' on May 18, 2008 at 7 pm. at Phulwari Pragati Maidan New Delhi. The function will be jointly organised by TRIFED and Madhya Pradesh State Minor Forest Federation. Kunwar Vijay Shah Chairman of M.P., MFP will be presiding over the function. Senior officials from Ministry of Tribal Affairs, AYUSH, M.P. Government will be present on the occasion. A range of 200 formulations of these products are made by MPMFP Federation, Bhopal through their facility called MFP-PARC.
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'Soya products can fight malnutrition better'
Use of soya products can fight malnutrition better in both rural and urban areas as, among protein-rich mushroom, spirulina, soybean and pulses, soybean has 40 per cent protein content and provides cheapest protein, says an expert. ''In Madhya Pradesh, a very large section of population in villages is living below poverty line. They are deprived of affordable nutritious food and their food is lacking protein and fat content,'' the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research's former director MS Virdi said.
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Days of disaster (China's earthquake)
Two natural disasters; two very different responses. We look first at the government's response to the earthquake in China, then at poor Myanmar AP "DON'T cry, don't cry. It's a disaster, and you've survived,' China's prime minister, Wen Jiabao, told weeping orphans in a town almost flattened by the country's worst natural disaster in more than 30 years. Mr Wen's awkward words may have done little to calm the bereaved children. But amid the huge destruction caused by the earthquake of May 12th, China's leaders thus far have scored some unusual public-relations successes.
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Updated records of forest dwellers' land soon
Instructions have been issued to forest officers for implementation of Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition to Forest Rights) Act-2006 and Rule 2008. The state government has set in motion the process of making available updated records of the land encroached by forest dwellers.
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198 Pvt hospitals included in Janani Yojana
With a view to increasing the access of safe motherhood and child health services under RCH-2 programme, participation of hospitals of non-government and private sectors is being ensured. The willing private and non-government hospitals are being authorised under the programme after fulfilling the stipulated standards. At the 198 private hospitals included in Janani Sahayogi Yojana, so far 8067 ordinary and 3069 caesarean sections have been conducted. As many as 52 private hospitals were authorised in the year 2006-07.
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No time to sit back
China has shown up Myanmar's generals. But it is not too late for outsiders to help the Burmese Eyevine
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Benefit of Ladli Laxmi Yojana extended to over 40 thousand girls
The state government had launched Ladli Laxmi Yojana with a view to creating positive thinking about girls among the masses, improvement in gender ratio and improving standard education of health of girls apart from laying a solid foundation for their future. The novel scheme has yielded very good results within a short span of one year.
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Recipe for energy saving unravelled in migratory birds
Recipe for energy saving unravelled in migratory birds
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Food crisis (Letter)
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Solar panel subsidies not smart, says German MP
AUSTRALIA is taking a wrong path by offering subsidies to install solar rooftop panels, instead of promising households high prices if they sell excess power to the grid, a leading German MP has warned. Hans Josef Fell, the Greens' energy spokesman and co-author of Germany's pathbreaking Renewable Energies Act, said renewable energy now made up 14% of Germany's electricity generation, mainly due to good prices for selling excess power.
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State gets tougher on obeying smoking ban
HUNDREDS of venue owners and patrons have been warned and three fined for breaking Victoria's tough ban on smoking in licensed venues. Local councils have been given a hit-list to target the one-in-four high-risk venues that the Government estimates may be "non-compliant" with smoking laws introduced in July last year. The State Government has also launched an urgent inquiry into compliance with smoking laws, with the inquiry expected to report back by September.
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A chance to shine on climate policies
NOW that the first Rudd-Swan budget is behind us, the real test of the new Labor Government's economic management credentials emerges - climate change. Budgets are annual set-piece events. In contrast, trying to layer an emissions trading scheme on an extraction economy like Australia's, as Woodside's chief executive Don Voelte says, has never been tried before.
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Irrigation power withdrawal fails to impact supply
Power situation continues worsening with the average generation this May falling below the generation during the same period in the past year amid assurance of the interim government of better power supply after mid-May. The frequency of power outages has increased in the past few days because of a decline in power generation although the power agencies started withdrawing supply from irrigation as the boro season nears end.
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The mollycoddled cows
When it comes to comfort, the cows of U.S. farmer Kirk Christie have it all