-The Times of India India could be staring at a drought worse than the one it experienced in 2009. Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar informed that nearly half of the 624 districts had received deficient rains, another 15% experienced scanty or little rains and a deficit of 21% has been recorded across the country so far- worse than the cumulative deficiency recorded in the corresponding period in 2009. An internal review...
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200 miners stuck in West Bengal coal mines rescued
-PTI Two hundred miners trapped in West Bengal coal mines have been evacuated, while efforts are going on to rescue 65 others stuck in Jharkhand mines. 265 miners were trapped in various coal mines of state- owned Eastern Coalfields and Bharat Coking Coal in the two states following massive power failure across the country due to grids collapse by 1300 hrs. "All the 200 stuck inside Sodepur and Satgram mines in Burdwan (West...
More »Government rolls out package to deal with poor monsoon
-The Economic Times The government has stopped short of declaring a drought but rolled out a relief package which includes subsidised diesel for irrigation, funds to ensure drinking water, seed subsidy for resowing crops and augmentation of fodder supply. "The number of rain-deficient districts this year is more than in 2009," said agriculture minister Sharad Pawar after chairing a meeting of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on drought. The meteorological department...
More »CPI(M) for revision of food Security Bill
-PTI CPI(M) today said it is opposed to the food Security Bill in its current form and the government should bring a new and a revised legislation in the monsoon session of Parliament. Launching a five-day nationwide agitation by Left parties against the current food Security Bill here, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat said, "The Bill, in its present form, excludes majority of poor people from its bracket and is totally flawed....
More »UN official calls on academics to step up their efforts to fight hunger
-The United Nations A United Nations top official today called on academics to get involved in essential research to help reduce rural poverty and assist small-scale farmers as part of the global fight against hunger. “One of the great challenges we have today is to use academic knowledge to understand and improve the life of rural populations throughout the world,” said the Director-General of the food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), José Graziano...
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