An intense cold wave has gripped northern India, claiming more than thirty lives already. Five more deaths were reported across Uttar Pradesh as the mercury dipped due to rains at some places. While a 70-year-old man and a two-year-old boy died in Bahraich and Farukkhabad districts respectively, one death each was reported from Sitapur, Mahoba and Chitrakoot in the last 24 hours. Etawah was the coldest at 6.1 degrees, Lucknow was...
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Farmers' suicides reflective of death of rural banking by G Arun Kumar
Since the beginning of December last, 220 tenant farmers in the state have committed suicide or died of shock, crushed by mounting debts and loss of crops. Overall, the farmer death toll stands at a staggering 350-400. Though the fickle weather wreaked havoc, experts believe it's only partly to blame as several other factors have worked against the farming community. While economic expansion continues to bypass the farming community leaving...
More »Food retail: Next large opportunity for country wide biz
Organized retail of packed food and raw food reduces prices of food for urban citizens and pays farmers a better price for the agricultural produce. It eliminates middle men and decision making at every other level. This is not rocket science. However, politicians refuse to do away with the WWII public distribution system in order to retain power at the district level. Well, for one thing, the format of the...
More »Central team to look at NREGA in Sonbhadra
A two-member Central team will be in Sonbhadra from January 4 to January 7 to look into the complaints of anomalies in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The team will be headed by GS Sharma, consultant, MGNREGS, Ministry of Rural Development and will have NK Yadav, a national-level monitor for the ministry. “We have been asked to look into the implementation of MGNREGA in Sonbhadra and will...
More »Rains drown India’s crop estimates, stoke inflation by S Sujatha & Jayashree Bhosale
From onions, sugar and coconuts, to tea, pulses, rice and spices, all kitchen ingredients will remain expensive in the New Year as unseasonal rains beyond the monsoon wipe out India’s major crops. Worse, rains are hampering the sowing of winter wheat, coarse grains and oilseeds, putting further pressure on food inflation that touched a two-and-a-half month high at 14.44% on Thursday. Across the country, farmers are helplessly watching their fields turn into...
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