-Deccan Herald Chennai: The Southwest Monsoon, which is nearing the final stage, might be good in North and North-East India. However, it is not so kind as should when it comes to the Southern region. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala have received deficit rainfall. The latest statistics released by the Regional Meteorological Centre here on Thursday said though few districts received normal rain, Tamil Nadu registered three per cent deficit rainfall...
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Farmers spraying crops with animal hormone -Syed Akbar
-The Times of India HYDERABAD: Desperate to save the standing crop in the face of severe drought, paddy farmers have turned to the animal hormone Oxytocin to salvage the Khariff yield. Oxytocin, which is widely used by farmers in a bid to artificially promote growth in fruits and vegetables, has been banned for use in agriculture and animal husbandry. According to researchers in Prof Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University here, paddy farmers...
More »The land question -Sudipto Mundle
-Livemint.com BJP’s U-turn on the proposed land Act reflects a re-balancing of deeper political forces that are at work in India’s political economy The recent U-turn by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government on the proposed amendment to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (henceforth the land Act), can be viewed narrowly as a Congress victory in the ongoing tit-for-tat game that is short-changing...
More »Thought For Food -Jean Dreze & Reetika Khera
-Outlook Even the worst-governed States can improve their PDS and ensure grain for the poorest. Look at Madhya Pradesh. THE National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, is not in very good health. Two years after it came into force, just a few States are implementing it. Others are still struggling with the identification of eligible households, public distribution system (PDS) reforms and other preparations. Yet, recent evidence suggests that some States...
More »Infrastructure and India’s rich-poor gap -Dipti Jain & Pramit Bhattacharya
-Livemint.com Infrastructure appears to be the secret sauce that separates the growth engines from the laggards in India One of the most striking features of India’s growth trajectory has been its uneven spread, with different States at different stages of development. One big difference between poorer and richer States lies in their state of infrastructure, a Mint analysis shows. States that rank high on the Mint state infra index are also among...
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