-The Telegraph Aquaculture is yet to see the kind of technological change that the agriculture sector underwent during the Green Revolution Fisheries is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world that plays an important role in economic development as well as in facilitating nutrition security. Animal protein is a primary source of protein for billions of people and aquaculture provides for the livelihood of more than 10% of the global population....
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Preventive detentions in 2021 up by 23.7% compared to year before -Abhinay Lakshman
-The Hindu Number of people in custody or still detained at the end of the year highest since 2017 Preventive detentions in 2021 saw a rise of over 23.7% compared to the year before, with over 1.1 lakh people being placed under preventive detention, according to the latest crime statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau last month. Of these, 483 were detentions under the National Security Act, of which almost half...
More »On the margins -Dibyendu Chaudhuri and Parijat Ghosh
-The Telegraph Seventy-five years of planned development have not helped in the betterment of the adivasi community Adivasis living in Central India make up one of the most marginalised sections in the country. But they live in the most resource-rich areas that attract industrialists and the State. Although scheduled tribes constitute 8.6% of the total population, they make up 50% of the people who have been displaced or dispossessed from their land...
More »Damage overstated -Anamitra Anurag Danda
-The Telegraph Amplifying the capacity of mangroves as bio-shields against extreme events possibly helped Bengal tap into MGNREGA funds Within weeks of the Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26, 2004, I was watching video clips of the event at the Choto Mollakhali market in the Gosaba block of South 24 Parganas. One message that came through these video clips was that fewer lives were lost where there was coastal vegetation. This positively...
More »Raise coverage under food security Act: Supreme Court tells Centre -Bhavini Mishra
-Business Standard The apex court directed the Centre to re-determine coverage in accordance with Section 9 of the NFSA The Supreme Court directed the Centre to come out with a solution so that benefits under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) are not restricted in accordance with the Census 2011. And, more and more needy persons get the benefits under the Act. Keeping in mind that the ‘Right to Food’ is a fundamental...
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