-The Telegraph New Delhi: The government plans to come out with a policy on intellectual property rights (IPR) within a few months, with developed nations such as the US and the EU raising concerns over the country's patent rules. "India does not have an IPR policy. This is the first time we are coming out with a policy. IPR policy issues have been hanging fire for quite a long time," commerce and...
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Making labour the fall guy -Latha Jishnu
-Down to Earth BJP thinks undoing labour laws will spur a Manufacturing boom. Even now workers enjoy little protection or social security In recent weeks, the pink press has been singing paeans to a new star in the political firmament, one whom they see as a worthy disciple of the man who gave us the "Gujarat model" of development. The media's new discovery is none other than Vasundhara Raje, the Rajasthan...
More »Doing the Needful for Farmers -Rajitha S
-The New Indian Express HYDERABAD: Shortage of seeds, high prices set by dealers and middle men, lack of enough quantity of seeds, and lack of money - are all factors that contribute to lack of seeds, which means lack of crop for thousands of farmers across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. In an attempt to better this situation, Rythu Bandhu magazine, Hyderabad-based Telugu magazine that works for the empowerment of farmers, in...
More »For a new paradigm of social justice -D Shyam Babu and Chandra Bhan Prasad
-The Hindu The central policy challenge for the new government is how to sustain social gains while ensuring that Dalits can participate more meaningfully in the economy, by sharing in the fruits of economic growth while contributing as well In his address to the nation on Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his intention to "take a solemn pledge of working for... the welfare of the poor, oppressed, Dalits, the exploited...
More »Nitin Gadkari calls for crop diversification to address poverty
-IBNLive.in New Delhi: Expressing concern over the poor plight of farmers, Rural Development Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday urged them to grow crops other than wheat and rice to come out of poverty. Farmers can earn more if they have diversification in crops that can be used for Manufacturing ethanol, electricity, bio-gas among other products, he said. "Today, farmers' situation is very bad. We cannot get our farmers out of poverty if...
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