-The Indian Express Barely days ahead of WTO's ministerial meeting at Bali next week, the BJP on Wednesday red flagged government's likely move to agree to a 'peace clause' to shield food guarantee law from the restrictions under the WTO at least for a period of four years. "The peace clause in its current form is not in our interest," Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday....
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Farmers protest ‘peace clause’ on food subsidy
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Even as commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma sought to push an interim solution or a "peace clause" that will prevent WTO members from seeking penalties from countries such as India for breach of subsidy cap, the Opposition parties and farmer groups have asked the government to reject the solution, arguing that it is not in the country's interests. At next week's Bali ministerial meeting,...
More »UP sugar mills run 'ponzi scheme' to pay Farmers' dues -Anil Sasi
-The Indian Express On the surface, the sugar crisis in Uttar Pradesh may seem to be inching closer to a resolution. But cane Farmers may have unwittingly mortgaged their land, signing up for crop loans from public sector banks, with the money so raised being used by the mills to pay arrears of a different set of Farmers. This model, of mills rotating working capital loans from banks, to deliver pending payouts...
More »Keezhvelur fields tell a sordid tale -PV Srividya
-The Hindu Reckless use of pesticides led to high incidence of diseases, say Farmers KADALANGUDI (NAGAPATTINAM, Tamil Nadu): Yellow blades of paddy grass bereft of tillers glisten against the scorching noon sun. For the Farmers of Vada Kadalangudi in Orkudi panchayat, the 80-100 day pesticide-infested paddy crop will not make up even for good fodder. Vast stretches of directly-sowed fields of Keezhvelur block here, lie wilted under mealy bug attack. The story stretches across...
More »Cyclone Helen flattens 10 lakh acres of crops
-The Times of India VIJAYAWADA: Cyclone Helen caused havoc in Krishna and Godavari delta areas of Andhra Pradesh destroying standing crops in about 10 lakh acres and causing a loss of about Rs 5,000 crore. According to initial estimates, about three lakh acres of rice in East and West Godavari districts separately and 2.5 lakh acres in Krishna district were damaged. Another one lakh acre of crops was damaged in Visakhapatnam and...
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