-Business World In the run up to Independence Day, Professor Ashok Gulati wrote a scathing critique of what he has described as “elitist biases in public policy”, that ignore the reality of the masses in rural areas. The reality he describes is that of low rates of growth in agriculture; a sector that majority of Indians still depend on.&NBSp; He lamented the excessive preponderance of economic policy discourse in the country...
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Aadhaar affecting access to PDS, complains Delhi's citizenry in a Jan Sunwai
-Press Release from Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan The Delhi Rozi Roti AdhikarAbhiyan today held a Jan Sunnwai on the problems being faced by people in Delhi while accessing their PDS entitlements under the Natonal Food Security Act (NFSA). The NFSA provides for priority ration cards for 42% of Delhi’s population. Households with priority ration cards are eligible to receive 5kgs of foodgrains per person per month at subsidised prices....
More »No farmer ended life in millet land Medak -JBS Umanadh
-Deccan Herald Contrasting fortunes: One section of Maharashtra's tillers revels, one despairs Hyderabad: Millet growing villages in four mandals of Zaheerabad of Medak district have reported no farmer suicide even as the district accounted for 30 deaths every month and the state of Telangana recorded 1,400 suicides by farmers in distress. Medak district, which reported 145 deaths this year, so far reflects the hopelessness in agriculture sector.&NBSp; It is indeed amazing to see...
More »IFPRI report shows under-nutrition has fallen
The country has made significant gains in raising the rate of exclusive breastfeeding among infants from 46 to 65 percent between 2005-06 and 2013-14. This has been revealed by the 2015 Global Nutrition Report, which was released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in September. The report has quoted preliminary data on nutrition, which was collected via the Rapid Survey on Children (RSOC) in 29 states by the...
More »Pansare Murder Accused Allegedly Indicates Journalist Can Be Next Target -Sreenivasan Jain
-NDTV New Delhi: In a new twist to the investigation into the murder of Govind Pansare, it appears that well known Marathi journalist Nikhil Wagle was also the alleged target of the right-wing groups suspected to have killed Mr Pansare. According to police sources, Sameer Gaikwad, member of the Sanatan Sanstha, the extremist group suspected to be behind the killing of Mr Pansare is allegedly heard in phone conversations saying after Mr...
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