-The Indian Express Much before the Supreme Court started hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar and much before the unique identity number roiled a nation over concerns of privacy, Nandurbar had made peace with the 12-digit identification number. Since the launch of the unique ID in this Maharashtra district, the 12-digit identity has been inextricably tied to people’s lives — from a mother without Aadhaar who was...
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India's Kharif crop output may hit all-time high this year; how it may impact rice exports, MSP
-Financial Express After Government estimates said that Indian agriculture could be heading for bumper kharif crop harvest, experts say that it could provide a major fillip to rice exports. However, the development could potentially put increased pressure on the Government to buy the crops at the MSPs, if market rates fall below the benchmark rates on bumper arrivals at mandis. According to Government estimates production of kharif foodgrains for 2018-19 crop year...
More »The poor are left to themselves -Reetika Khera
-The Hindu The benefits being projected in Aadhaar’s name are not backed by the data The first death anniversary of Santoshi Kumar, a Dalit girl from Simdega, Jharkhand, was this week. She died of hunger, at the age of 11, a few weeks after her family’s ration card was cancelled by the State Government because they failed to link it to Aadhaar. The Aadhaar judgment of September 26 provided an opportunity for the...
More »How farmer producer company model can transform Indian agriculture -Jayashree Bhosale
-The Economic Times Agricultural engineer Vilas Shinde has reaped a rich harvest. Sahyadri Farms, the farmer producer company (FPC) set up by him in 2011, has grown to become the largest FPC in the country, with a membership of 8,000 farmers and a turnover of Rs 300 crore. It has overtaken Mahindra Agribusiness to become India’s largest grape exporting company, and many say it may well be on course to revolutionise...
More »Parts of Maharashtra face drought as monsoons near end -Shiv Kumar
-The Tribune Mumbai: Parts of Maharashtra are facing drought-like situation due to scanty rainfall in around 18 districts of the state, according to state Government officials. All the affected districts lie in the politically sensitive Marathwada and Vidarbha regions and the Devendra Fadnavis Government is coming under pressure to undertake drought-relief work right away. There is a major shortage of drinking water across Marathwada and people are dependent on tankers even for their...
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