Say contractors stall payment for months Farmers in Karnataka incur heavy losses as their produce is not bought for fixed prices at Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs). Farmers complain there is no fixed price in the APMCs due to which contractors buy their produce at lower rates, leaving them at a loss. Tulsabai Rajput, a […]
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Some people are reluctant to buy policies Even though there are numerous health insurance policies, people living in rural areas are either unaware of them or reluctant to avail of them. Amir Pasha, a resident of Doddaballapur in Bengaluru Rural, informed The Observer he knows about various health insurance policies of the government and private companies […]
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They reside in houses made from tin sheets Villages in Shahpur taluk, Yadgir district, do not have proper houses. They live in dwellings made from tin sheets. “We borrowed money from a person and built this house for Rs 1 lakh as we did not have a house to live in. Six persons live in […]
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