The first phase of the much-awaited enrolment of citizens for the unique identification programme, or Aadhaar, begins in Karnataka on Friday in Mysore and Tumkur districts. While Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and Governor H.R. Bhardwaj are scheduled to be present at the inaugural function in Mysore, Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje will launch the enrolment campaign in Tumkur district, of which she is in charge. The cost of the enrolment exercise in the...
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ECI gets tough on electoral abuses by P Sainath
District-level committees also to scrutinise any instances of ‘paid news' The constitution of an Expenditure Monitoring Division in the Election Commission of India indicates that the ECI is stepping up its efforts to tackle ‘paid news' and other abuses of money power during elections. The 2009 elections, to the Lok Sabha and to some State legislatures, saw a spate of complaints as millions of rupees were spent by powerful political parties...
More »India fertiliser demand seen at record high on rains
Ample monsoon rains and higher prices of farm goods are likely to lift Indian fertiliser demand in 2010/11 by 13 percent to a record 60 million tonnes, testing local fertiliser makers' ability to raise output in sync with the demand, industry officials said. India's June-Sept monsoon rains, a key factor in determining food grain production and fertiliser demand in the country, were 2 percent above normal in the current year, weather office data showed....
More »Activists to send low wage feat' to Guinness
In a bitter reaction to payment of low wages of Re 1 under MNREGA in Rajasthan, the agitating activists of Suchna Evum Rozgar Ka Adhikar Abhiyan have decided to send this rare "feat" of the government to the " Guinness Book of World Record" as the only of its kind trend in the world. There have been instances in Rajasthan when Re 1 per day was paid as wages for...
More »Orissa cuts dependancy on FCI, targets 32 lakh tonne rice
The Orissa government has set a target of procuring 32 lakh tonne of rice this time despite bad weather, reducing dependance on the Food Corporation of India (FCI), official sources said today.The decision not to wholly depend on the FCI was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here last night."As performance of FCI was not satisfactory in 2009, the state government decided to reduce target...
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