The green hills -- those that once used to soothe the entire region through the stilly silence, and fill it with the great wonder of multitudinousness -- have suddenly Turned into a valley of death. First Diarrhea and then Cholera, the quiet bosom of the picTuresque Raygada district is today torn by the screams of pain and loss of lives. People are dying like flies and hundreds are lying on...
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MGNREGS proves a boon for Wayanad tribes by C Gouridasan Nair
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has proved to be a boon for the tribal population in Wayanad district. It is the largest and the most successful livelihood programme under way in the tribes-dominated district. Women account for 775 of the person days of employment generated by the scheme, each of them earning Rs.125 as daily wage. The impact of the scheme on social strucTures has been significant,...
More »Bumper harvest in parched land by Santosh K Kiro
For a village of 400, a lesson learnt in 1965 and acted upon 20 years later has meant that its residents don’t have to worry about Jharkhand’s recurring calamity: drought. For those living in the Gumla village surrounded by hills, parched farmlands are a thing of the past, thanks to the success of a community initiative that led to the construction of a check dam to trap the water of a...
More »Rates for sugarcane purchase announced
Despite announcement of record-breaking price for purchase of sugarcane, some sections of farmers still agitated at Madhya and Sayan Sugar factories demanding enhanced rates for the produce. Police lathicharged them at Madhi Sugar Factory premises near here on late Wednesday. Despite anger over the incident among the farmers, no violent incident was reported on Thursday from anywhere in the region. Purchase rates were announced for Bardoli, Chalthan, Madhi, Kamrej, Gandevi,...
More »Food ministry asks FMC to extend ban on sugar fuTures by Anindita Dey
Asks the regulator to wait till end of festive season to prevent price speculation. The ministry of food and pubic distribution system has proposed to the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) to extend the ban on trading of sugar fuTures till the festive season is over. Officials said recommendations have been sent to the regulator to prevent any scope of speculation in the sugar prices at a time when prices of all commodities...
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