-NDTV Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian says farmers would not only lose the income from livestock as meat but also have to incur additional costs to maintain unproductive cattle. Already, he adds, there was research to suggest that returns to livestock farming are in any case "very low or even negative". NEW DELHI: Arvind Subramanian, the government's Chief Economic Adviser, has broken his silence on the issue of cattle slaughter. And...
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Cabinet clears 5% interest subvention for crop loans
-The Hindu Scheme will continue for one year, be overseen by NABARD Amid growing protests over farm SECtor distress, the Cabinet has approved the extension of the interest subvention scheme for farmers to 2017-18. Short-term crop loans up to Rs. 3 lakh will receive a subvention of 5%, effectively reducing the rate for farmers to 4%. The government has earmarked a sum of Rs. 20,339 crore for this. The interest subvention scheme will...
More »Rain clouds thinning out in west and central India
-The Times of India Low-flying clouds that usually bring rain in the monsoon have thinned out and reduced over the years in India, according to a study of 50 years of observations by the Indian Met department. This means that there will be more number of hotter days, less rainy days and more days with large difference between day and night temperatures. That's the average for the whole country over all...
More »Loan waiver necessary, but alternative farm practices the need of the hour: Desarda -Veydaant Khanna
-The Hindu Economist suggests implementation of a radical form of and distribution and ‘low external input sustainable agriculture’ system Mumbai: Economist and former member of Maharashtra State Planning Board H.M. Desarda, on Tuesday termed the recently announced farm loan waiver by the State government as a necessary but not sufficient condition to deal with the problems related to agriculture. Prof. Desarda linked today’s problems in agriculture to ecology and traced their origins to...
More »RTI at a Cost: Activist Nikhil Dey, Four Others Convicted of 'Assault' in 1998 Case -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in The activists have accused the village sarpanch, who had filed the case, of framing them after they sought to expose his corruption. New Delhi: Well-known rights activist Nikhil Dey and four others were convicted of trespass and simple hurt under SECtions 323 and 451 of the IPC by a Kishangarh court in Ajmer on Tuesday, June 13. The case, filed 19 years ago on May 16, 1998, pertains to a dispute...
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