-The Indian Express The percentage of the adult population for four large developing countries — China, India, Indonesia and Nigeria — who are living in cities, as well as the change in this percentage between 1975 and 2000, are plotted in chart. Rural-urban migration is exceptionally low in India. Changes in the rural and urban population between decennial censuses over the period 1961-2001 indicate that the migration rate for working age...
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Brinkmanship over a limited dispute -Yogendra Yadav
-The Hindu The Centre should step forward and bring both Punjab and Haryana, ruled by the BJP and an ally, to the negotiating table to resolve the crisis over the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal Contemporary India illustrates the tragic paradox of farmers’ politics: they get divided just when they need to unite the most. The last few years have witnessed a deepening of the agrarian crisis in India. This is the moment when...
More »Famine-hit Bundelkhand in distress; chapati-salt becomes the staple food -Rupashree Nanda
-CNN-IBN It's lunch time in Bundelkhand's Gudrampur village. Shyama knows the four hungry children waiting patiently will soon be restless. She is glad her sister-in-law Chunni Bai is helping. She is expecting her third child and pregnancy makes her tire easily. In the ninth month now, it's impossible to trek the 10 km circuit to collect firewood from Kadhaili and then sell it at the Fateganj market. She would make Rs 25...
More »A lesson in hidden agendas -Rohit Dhankar
-The Hindu The assault on the Right to Education Act and government schools is motivated. It is definitely not in the interest of India’s children, especially those from less privileged households The public education system (PES) has for long been under fire. It is being painted as non-functioning, wasteful and un-improvable. The Right to Education Act (RTE) was designed to improve this system. Therefore, it is natural that the RTE will also...
More »Chhattisgarh to increase PDS outlets
-The Pioneer Raipur: Chhattisgarh State Assembly on Saturday passed budget grant demands of Rs. 2248 crore for food, civil supplies, consumer protection, planning, village industry, economic statistic and twenty points programme implementation department with voice vote. The Government has announced in Assembly to increase the number of PDS outlets across the State. Answering a discussion on budget demand proposals for the various departments, Food Minister Punnulal Mohle informed that around Rs. 2099.93 crore...
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