After failing to come anywhere near the 10th Five Year Plan (2002-07) target of 4 per cent per annum rate of growth of Agricultural output, the Planning Commission has projected a lower target growth rate of 3 to 3.5 per cent per annum for the 11th Plan period. While some may view this as a more modest target, others may consider it as still far too ambitious, given the track...
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Bihar sees a growing tribe of rural migrants by Pallavi Singh
Amipur may be a small dot along the national highway from Patna to Nawada, but its ambitions are big. In the 50-odd households in the village, sparsely populated and rife with an uneasy quiet, most men have left for work outside Bihar. Siyaram Chauhan is the one who returned. He was rescued last month by the state government officials from a brick kiln in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich where he worked as...
More »GM nut loses ground by Jyotika Sood
Genetic approval committee rejects transgenic groundnut INDIA’S Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has rejected a request by University of Agricultural Sciences in Bengaluru to conduct trials on transgenic groundnuts for commercial development in difficult terrain. The university wanted to conduct trials for drought and salt tolerance. GEAC noted that transgenic groundnut expresses transcription factors— proteins that bind to specific DNA sequences—namely DREB2A, DREB1A, DREB1B and PDH45, to improve its stress tolerance. DREB2A...
More »Signalling a shift to universal PDS by Gargi Parsai
The NAC's recommendations on food security measures take heed of the fact that PDS reform is dependent on the availability of enough foodgrains. Three major elements of the United Progressive Alliance government's commitment to provide food security to the people are reforming the public distribution system (PDS), raising foodgrain productivity and production, and creating a decentralised, modern warehousing system. Ideally, the reforms in the PDS should have come first for the availability...
More »Cabinet approves short-term crop loan for farmers at 7%
In an attempt to further subsidise short-term crop loan to farmers, the Union Cabinet on Friday approved release of Rs 4,868 crore to public sector banks. The decision will ensure that farmers, in general, receive short-term crop loan at 7% per annum (5% for prompt payers) with an upper limit of Rs 3 lakh on the principal amount during 2010-11. "The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the release...
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