-Business Standard What is primarily required is political and administrative will for effective delivery of services Agantuk (The Stranger) was Satyajit Ray’s last film. The film revolves around the return of an old man, Manomohan Mitra, to India after 35 years. Manmohan had spent all his life with Adivasis from across the world and has a take on civilisation and progress that is at odds with the popular urban narrative of it....
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Sarson Satyagraha: Activists up in arms over genetically modified food -
-The Indian Express In May this year, a regulatory body under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, had given its go-ahead for cultivation of genetically modified mustard. Earlier, it was Bt cotton that was genetically modified and its ill-effects on the ecology are for all to see. Chandigarh: PEOPLE CONCERNED about changes being made in their food, especially at the genetic level, came together at the Sukhna Lake on Friday morning under...
More »Farmers from Maharashtra to sell produce directly in Delhi -Parthasarathi Biswas
-The Indian Express The FPC movement in Maharashtra has seen much action over the last year or so. Working under the banner of MahaFPC, the FPCs had purchased more than 25,000 MT of tur last year. Pune: After their success in government procurement, the Farmer Producers Companies (FPCs) of Maharashtra are eyeing the wholesale markets in other states as avenues for their produce. In the first phase MahaFPC, the consortium of...
More »813 farmers on loan waiver list from Mumbai, CM Fadnavis 'surprised'
-PTI MUMBAI: Mumbai city and its suburbs are home to as many as 813 farmers on loan waiver list, a figure which has "surprised" Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis who has ordered a scrutiny before sanctioning the waivers. These farmers figure in the list of probable beneficiaries eligible for benefits under the Rs 34,000-crore loan waiver scheme+ announced by the state government last month. The Mumbai city and its suburbs are urbanised areas,...
More »'Volume two of Eco Survey to have downloadable data' -TCA Sharad Raghavan
-The Hindu Publication is expected to be released around July 21-22 The second volume of the Economic Survey will be released during the Delhi Economic Conclave around July 21-22, according to a senior official in the Finance Ministry, who added that the volume will also for the first time include historical data in downloadable Excel files. The first volume of the Economic Survey, released a day before the Budget was presented in Parliament,...
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