PMFBY was launched in Jan 2016 and in it debut, it covered the Kharif crop of summer 2016. It replaced 2 schemes of previous UPA government – National Agricultural Insurance Scheme and Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme. Other schemes launched for farm insurance in history have been Comprehensive Crop Insurance (1985), NAIS (1999), Weather based […]
Editorial
Live One With Nature – Grandma’s Guide
Our ancestors lived a life one with nature, while our modern lifestyles are at war with nature. Is it possible to live the modern life where we do not leave our footprints for future generations to regret? Our chemicals laden products going down the drain are killing the marine life. We use soaps laden with […]
Happy Mother’s Day: Small Things Will Make Your Mom Feel Special
Today is Mother’s Day. On this special day, Google created a very beautiful and cute doodle in honor of all mothers around the world. The relationship between mother and child is shown through a female dinosaur and her child. In a very cute doodle, it is shown that in any case a mother always guides […]
Crime against women and Politics – A vicious circle
Women safety is a big talking point in India these days. Rape and murder of a minor in Kathua, rape and murder of victim’s father in Unnao were embarrassing enough, on Wednesday there were 2 rapes of teenaged girls reported from Haryana and Bihar. World is looking at us in shock, as to how we, […]
That Gut Feeling
Gut has long been the ignored part of the health puzzle. Technically speaking, it is short form of Gastrointestinal tract. In simple terms, the path of our food from mouth to anus. Scientist are increasingly finding the secret of our holistic health lies inside us, within our gut. There are billions of bacteria that live […]