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In May 1795, English magistrates met at the Pelican Inn in Speenhamland, Berkshire. With food prices rising and the French Revolution unsettling the English establishment, they decided to top up agricultural wages from parish funds, linking payouts to bread prices and family size. Hungarian economic historian Karl Polanyi later saw this as an early assertion…
West Bengal cabinet minister Agnimitra Paul, along with West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, presents a cheque to a beneficiary under the Annapurna Yojana 2026 (or Annapurna Bhandar Scheme), at Nabanna (State Secretariat), in Howrah on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday (June 4, 2026) rolled out the…
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