-The Hindustan Times Mumbai: In the past two decades, the National Crime Records Bureau has recorded 60,750 farmer suicides in the state. This means more than 3,000 farmers have killed themselves every year, reflecting a deepening agrarian crisis untouched by policies and subsidies doled out by the government. To get the state back on its feet, the new BJP government needs to start from agriculture and allied sectors. In the past...
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Toxic chemical found in feeding bottles
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The innocuous feeding bottle could be silently causing serious harm to babies' health in many cities. A study by Toxics Link, an environmental NGO, has found high bisphenol A levels even in BPA-free feeding bottles. Persistent exposure to BPA, a chemical used to harden plastics, has been linked to disruption of normal hormone levels, behavioural problems, increased risk of cancer and many other health issues....
More »Charting a new course for India’s farm resurgence -G Chandrashekhar
-The Hindu Business Line Beefing up input delivery, expanding irrigation facilities & infusing technology are the key India needs rapid economic growth to lift people out of poverty and meet the basic needs of a growing population. It is well recognised that for growth to be inclusive, it must create adequate livelihood opportunities and add to decent employment commensurate with the expectations of a growing workforce. Massive growth in information and communication technologies...
More »Water conservation methods come to a small farmer’s rescue -MJ Prabu
-The Hindu A well recharge pit was also dug for harvesting the rains Appiyampatti, a small hamlet in Dindugal district of Tamil Nadu, is one among the several villages in the state which has been facing a severe drought for the past over five years. Even during such a critical phase when several farmers left farming and started moving out in search of alternative work Mr. V.Chellamutu remained anchored in the village to...
More »Karimnagar dairy to tap solar power
-The Hindu Karimnagar (Telengana): Following the prevailing acute power shortage in the rural areas, the Karimnagar Milk Producer Company Limited, albeit Karimnagar dairy, has decided to tap solar power in a phased manner by installing the necessary solar panels at all the Milk societies, bulk Milk cooling units and also at the dairy. Disclosing this to newsmen here on Monday, Karimnagar dairy chairman Ch. Rajeshwara Rao said that they are taking measures...
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