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Uttarakhand uses a mobile app to rationalise the allotment of polling booths to votersSubscriber Only

January 13, 2020 02:58 IST

Responding to these complaints, the CEO has resorted to the use of a mobile application to rationalise voters and polling booths accorded to them.

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Aaditya Mattoo: ‘90 per cent of India’s trade reforms agenda is domestic, such as labour law flexibility’Subscriber Only

January 13, 2020 02:52 IST

Global value chains or GVCs essentially break up the production process across countries.

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How West Bengal govt has curbed food prices while providing better returns to farmersSubscriber Only

January 13, 2020 17:53 IST

The Sufal Bangla scheme, which was started in 2014, has rescued consumers in times of high inflation.

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Win-win: Punjab nudge to replace autos with e-rickshawsSubscriber Only

January 6, 2020 05:32 IST

In what is being projected as a “Tandrust Punjab” scheme, autorickshaws more than 15 years old would be replaced with CNG- and battery-run rickshaws.

In Maharashtra, linking land records to PM Fasal Bima saves time, plugs leaksSubscriber Only

January 6, 2020 08:01 IST

Does away with need for village revenue officer’s signature; guards against crop insurance fraud.

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Odisha: In remote Malkangiri, cellphones and roads are bridging distancesSubscriber Only

January 6, 2020 05:36 IST

The prospect of roads is also reducing the prices of essential items. Farmers in this previously cut-off region mostly grow ragi and millets. Fresh fruit and vegetables were brought over the water, and were costly.

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K Srinath Reddy: ‘The price (of drugs) should not exceed the cost price by an unreasonable amount’Subscriber Only

January 6, 2020 05:27 IST

Dr Reddy, says that any policy developed by the government should not be knee-jerk, and should focus on ensuring affordability, availability and quality.

In Palghar, a training session has over 200 women from nearby villages. (Express)

Women break free in rural Maharashtra, get appsolutely phone-smartSubscriber Only

December 30, 2019 17:11 IST

The Maharashtra State Commission for Women has started giving digital training to rural and tribal women to make them self-sufficient in using the Internet to pay utility bills, access government schemes, and register complaints online.

Bibek Debroy: ‘Said two services only if you have two separate exams… that’s the caveat’Subscriber Only

December 30, 2019 17:09 IST

His report is being cited by the government and all stakeholders to argue both in favour of and against the recent controversial move to unify all eight Group A services into one Indian Railways Management Service.

Some 30 mannequins dressed in the uniform of the traffic police have appeared across the city. Police hope they will warn off potential traffic violators. (Express )

Short-staffed police try out a model solution on the streets of BengaluruSubscriber Only

December 30, 2019 17:06 IST

Commissioner says the police mannequins will subsequently have cameras, become part of an AI-run traffic law enforcement system.

In 2017-18, the pilot was conducted following a discussion between then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and educationists in the state.

In Goa school curriculum, lessons from ground on sanitation, waste management, traffic senseSubscriber Only