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In a first, IWMI helps Gujarat farmers form solar cooperative -Vimukt Dave

-Business Standard IWMI supported them financially for purchase, installation of pumps and solar panels by funding Rs 40 lakh so far Ahmedabad: With the help of Colombo-based International Water Management Institute (IWMI), six Gujarat farmers have formed world’s first solar power cooperative society to sell surplus power generated from solar water pumps installed at their farms. After conducting a successful pilot project of connecting farmer with the grid at Anand district of Gujarat,...

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MP sees rise in infant mortality -Deshdeep Saxena

-The Times of India Bhopal: Despite an aggressive government campaign to save lives of infants in Madhya Pradesh, there has been a considerable increase in the number of their deaths in the state. According to National Health Mission, the number of deaths of infants has gone up to 19,672 till January 2016. State capital Bhopal is the worst performer where maximum 1,060 infants died from April 2015 to January 2016. The state already...

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Sham Of India's Food Security -Lola Nayar

-Outlook Though the Modi government claims 33 states and Union Territories are implementing NFSA,​ the facts on the ground ​are very different. Millions wait for proper identification and delivery of the promised highly subsidized foodgrains even as hunger stares at some of the extremely poor households Three years after the National Food Security Act (NFSA) was enacted it appears crores of poor who were to be provided food grains to keep hunger and...

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May Day protest: Why MGNREGA workers in Jharkhand are returning Rs 5 to PM Modi

-The Indian Express In April this year, the Centre revised the MGNREGA wage across states with some, such as West Bengal and Assam have been hiked by Rs 2 and Rs 3 respectively. A drought-hit state, workers have now decided to return the Rs 5 to Prime Minister Modi, as a sign of protest, this May Day. “We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your...

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Rs. 5 In A letter: Jharkhand's Unpaid Workers Return PM Modi's Wage Hike -Alok Pandey and Haribansh Sharma

-NDTV Latehar, Jharkhand: Over a hundred letters, Rs. 5 enclosed in each of them, addressed to the Prime Minister's Office in Delhi. The senders are the villagers in Jharkhand's Latehar, who say they could do without the Rs. 5 wage hike under MNREGA. In a season of drought, the Centre's increase of wages in Jharkhand -- from Rs. 162 to 167 a day - has added insult to injury, say the villagers....

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