-The Hindu Business Line PRIces have started to fall already; the State agencies have to ramp-up procurement at least this year Wheat farmers in Uttar Pradesh are a worried lot. Procurement of the foodgrain by government agencies in the State is meagre and a likely bumper harvest this year is stoking fears of a further slide in PRIces. UP contributes almost a third to the country’s total wheat production, with an annual output...
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Letters for 2 years, SOS to PM, Election Commission still awaits EVM papertrail funds -Ritika Chopra
-The Indian Express VVPAT machines produce a PRIntout of the vote cast using an EVM, which can be shown to the voter to dispel any doubts IN A letter to PRIme Minister Narendra Modi four months ago, the Election Commission sought urgent release of funds to procure enough Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines to cover all polling stations ahead of the next Lok Sabha elections in 2019. The EC has...
More »The Pulse In A Paradox Of Plenty -Lola Nayar
-Outlook In a pulses-importing country, a bumper crop brings little cheer to those who cultivate pulses. Here’s why In India, a bumper crop is not always an occasion to celebrate, as farmers have often found to their cost whether it is potato, onion or grapes. Pulses, which have always been far short of domestic needs, are facing a similar fate this year, with mandi PRIces in many parts of the country far...
More »Opposition criticises govt over 'agrarian crisis'
-PTI NEW DELHI: Opposition today came down hard on the government for the "agrarian crisis" and demanded waiver of loans of farmers across the country and not only of those from Uttar Pradesh as promised by PRIme Minister Narendra Modi during campaigning. During a debate on Demand for Grants for the Agriculture Ministry in the Lok Sabha, members from opposition parties said over 12,000 farmers had committed suicide last year and asked...
More »In Himachal Pradesh, a village is using the law to take back forest land from the Forest Department -Shazia Nigar
-Scroll.in The Forest Rights Act recognises the rights of forest dwelling communities and entrusts them with the responsibility for conservation. The residents of Gunehar village in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district are attempting to use the Forest Rights Act to challenge the state Forest Department’s decision to hand over two hectares of local forest land to the Wildlife Department to construct an office complex. At the end of December, the Gunehar panchayat...
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