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Kerala rejects Karnataka jaggery; says, ‘not fit for human consumption’
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March 16, 2021
Mandya, Mar 16: Once largest purchaser of Karnataka’s ‘Mandya jaggery’, now the state of Kerala has stalled the supply, claiming that the product supplied is substandard and not fit for human consumption.
Recently, Gujarat had rejected a jaggery consignment and had stopped purchase. Kerala is the second state to do so. Kerala is distributing jaggery under the Public Distribution System (PDS) for ration cardholders.
Mandya district, which is popularly known as ‘The Land of Sugar’ (Sakkarenadu), is now in trouble for producing poor quality and chemical-heavy jaggery.
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05 March 2021
Bengaluru, India’s IT capital is also the most liveable city among Indian cities with a population of more than a million, based on the government s `Ease of Living Index’. Former top ranker Pune has been pushed to second place while Ahmedabad has been ranked the third among 111 cities. Bengaluru emerged as the top performer in the Million+ category (in category of population more than million), followed by Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Surat, Navi Mumbai, Coimbatore, Vadodara, Indore, and Greater Mumbai, according to a press release.
As per the index released by union minister for housing and urban affairs, Hardeep Puri, Shimla topped the category of cities with a population less than million.
It is welcome that the micro foundations for competitiveness in urban centres across India and attendant rankings are now a regular feature in policy circles. The Ease of Living Index (EoLI) 2020, which ranks 111.