-The Hindu Many States have been improving their Public Distribution System over the last five years On Tuesday, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh criticising the National Food Security Bill (NFSB) for not being expansive enough. What Mr. Modi omitted to mention is that the SAMe complaint could be made of the existing Public Distribution System (PDS) in his own state. The most significant difference between the PDS...
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Are Child Malnutrition Figures for India Exaggerated?-Arun Gupta, Biraj Patnaik, Devika Singh, Dipa Sinha, Radha Holla, R Srivatsan, Sachin Jain, SAMir Garg, Sejal Dand, Sulakshana Nandi, Vandana Prasad, and Veena Shatrugna
-Economic and Political Weekly In his paper Arvind Panagariya argues that the current World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended international growth standards exaggerate the extent of stunting in India. He points out that while the prevalence of stunting by current norms is higher in India than many poorer Sub-Saharan African countries, it has much lower mortality rates than them and a better record of economic growth. He deals his cards deftly, giving...
More »Job scenario in most northeastern states alarming -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Made up of eight states and accounting for about 4% of India's population, the northeast region is better known for its separatist movements and incendiary ethnic conflicts. It has 25 Lok Sabha members, 14 of them from AsSAM, and so, does not draw serious attention from political parties involved in the national sweepstakes. The region receives huge funds from the central government that prop up...
More »Private players to import 7,000 tonnes of onions -Dipak Kumar Dash & Sidhartha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Private players have placed orders to import around 7,000 tonnes of onions, while the government leaned on a public sector company to ship the key kitchen ingredient to beat the domestic shortage. The moves came even as the food and consumer affairs ministry said it will seek export curbs if prices did not ease in a fortnight. Senior government officials said Project Export Corporation was on...
More »For 30 bills, government slotted just 36 hours -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In what raises questions over the government's seriousness in conducting legislative business, a study by PRS Legislative Research has found that though 30 bills were slotted for discussion in the Lok Sabha over 78 hours this monsoon, the 16-working-days session left scope for discussing them over just 36 hours. The calculation goes like this: the Lok Sabha sits for an average five hours daily - from...
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