-PTI Potassium iodate, used as a flour treatment agent in making bread, causes cancer The Centre's ban on the use of potassium bromate as a food additive will reduce risk from cancer-causing chemicals and safeguard public health, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said, on Tuesday, and also sought a ban on potassium iodate, another chemical used as a flour treatment agent in making bread. "We are happy to know that the...
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The bitter tales of Shamli’s sugarcane farmers: ‘Netas talk palayan (exodus), our issue bhugtan (payment)’ -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express Even though Shamli tops in sugarcane production, there is nearly Rs 300 crore dues for district farmers. Shamli/ Kairana: Mohkam Singh supplied 22 buffalo carts of cane, each laden with 18 quintals, to the sugar mill at Shamli belonging to Sir Shadi Lal Enterprises Ltd in the 2015-16 crushing season. These 400 quintals should have fetched about Rs 1.12 lakh at the Uttar Pradesh government’s state advised price (SAP)...
More »Bengal’s PDS doing enormously well, says Jean Dreze -Suvojit Bagchi
-The Hindu Dreze made the statement in an interview with The Hindu following a survey in six States, including West Bengal. Under a month of its emphatic victory in Bengal election a very definitive reason of Trinamool Congress’ [TMC] success was indicated by economist Jean Dreze. The Public Distribution System [PDS] has performed “enormously well” in Bengal, since the passage of the National Food Security Act [NFSA] in 2013, said Mr Dreze. Mr...
More »Tackling poverty in India: Jobs, not transfers, the big poverty-buster -Carlos Felipe Balcazar, Sonalde Desai, Rinku Murgai and Ambar Narayan
-The Indian Express Between 2005 and 2012, structural changes drove poverty reduction — non-agricultural incomes rose the fastest, and the largest shifts from farm to salaried non-farm employment were seen among the poorest. The significant shift from farm work to non-farm sources of income accelerated the decline in poverty in India. Non-farm jobs pay more than agricultural labour, and incomes from both were propelled by a steep rise in wages for rural...
More »The best way to welfare -Abhijit V Banerjee
-The Indian Express Swiss voted against the idea of a Universal Basic Income. But the debate continues We in India tend to associate Switzerland with fresh-faced girls in dirndls on a beautiful hillside, or with a cabal of silent bankers, but it is in fact a much more interesting country than those clichés might imply. For one, they decide on policy by referendums — if a hundred thousand Swiss sign up to...
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