-Business Standard This policy involves providing products and services such as electricity and fertilisers at below-market prices New Delhi: While much of public discourse in India has tended to focus on expanding the current subsidy regime to help the poor, Vijay Joshi, economist at Oxford University, advocates shifting to a universal basic income, replacing all government subsidies with a single cash transfer to all citizens, providing them with a basic income guarantee. At...
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The bitter tales of Shamli’s sugarcane farmers: ‘Netas talk palayan (exodus), our issue bhugtan (payment)’ -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express Even though Shamli tops in sugarcane production, there is nearly Rs 300 crore dues for district farmers. Shamli/ Kairana: Mohkam Singh supplied 22 buffalo carts of cane, each laden with 18 quintals, to the sugar mill at Shamli belonging to Sir Shadi Lal Enterprises Ltd in the 2015-16 crushing season. These 400 quintals should have fetched about Rs 1.12 lakh at the Uttar Pradesh government’s state advised price (SAP)...
More »Mid-day meal and housing schemes might get a facelift -Mayank Mishra
-Business Standard A recent report suggests different ways to eliminate poverty and argues that accelerated growth is the most suitable medicine to reduce incidence of poverty Adding some and modifying some others is how the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is planning to go about its welfare programmes in the coming days. While the Mid-Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) is likely to be extended to some private schools, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural...
More »Micro-irrigation lags far behind potential, shows study -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com The study says that only 7.73 million hectares in India, compared to a potential 69.5 million hectares, were covered under micro-irrigation by March 2015 New Delhi: Farming uses over 90% of India’s fresh water, but despite the potential savings micro-irrigation can offer, its penetration is abysmally low, shows a recent study. Just 7.73 million hectares in India, compared to a potential 69.5 million hectares, were covered under micro-irrigation by March 2015, shows...
More »Centre asks states to scale up DBT scheme for food subsidy -Sandip Das
-The Financial Express In a bid to curb pilferage of foodgrains in the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), the Centre on Saturday asked the states to opt for Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) under which the subsidy component is credited to bank accounts and allows the beneficiaries to buy foodgrains from the market. However, for implementing DBT, the states must complete digitisation of beneficiary list and seed bank account details for fund transfer....
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