-The Indian Express Contrary to the popular narrative, the second green revolution is underway. A dramatic turnaround of agriculture, India's most important sector, has gone largely unheralded. Contrary to the popular narrative, agriculture has been transformed in the last 10 years. The second green revolution is underway. At the end of the second tenure of the UPA and after a decade of persistent work, we are witnessing record agricultural outputs for every...
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Why did Chidambaram shut down New Delhi?-Mihir S Sharma
-The Business Standard The economic logic - and political reasons - behind the giant shift of spending power to the states Interim Budgets are not supposed to do this. This is precisely what they are not supposed to do. They are not supposed to lay out a policy change so vast it disempowers the next central government. But that's what P Chidambaram has done - and it appears to have been...
More »Fistful of grains: women SHG’s novel initiative helps MP's poor -Ritesh Mishra
-The Hindustan Times Indore/ Alirajpur (Madhya Pradesh): The fist is not always the manifestation of fury. In a remote village of Madhya Pradesh's Alirajpur district, it is the symbol of compassion and the desire to help the needy. In a dual fight against hunger and unscrupulous moneylenders, a group of women of Sakdi village in Sondwa block -- 250 kms west of Indore - collect fistfuls of grain in every meeting...
More »National Rural Livelihoods Mission a huge hit, government claims -Radheshyam Jadhav
-The Times of India PUNE: National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) is the biggest programme for women empowerment in India, stated a statement issued by the government. At present there are 3 crore women, who are members of Self Help Groups (SHG) and in the next 5 to 7 years , seven crore women households will be covered under it. At present bank linkages to NRLM are to the tune of Rs...
More »State clueless about labourer figures -Ashutosh Mishra
-The Telegraph Bhubaneswar: Last month, TV grabs of two migrant labourers with their right palms missing sent shock waves across the state. Hailing from Kalahandi district, part of Odisha's poor KBK belt, Nilambar Dhangada and Bialu Nial had to lose their palms for refusing to do the bidding of the labour contractor who had hired them for work in Raipur but was forcing them to go to Andhra Pradesh and work at...
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