Mass public campaign a success but experts warn of need for continued vigilance Not even superstition can render this Friday the 13th unlucky for India. Today, the nation will reach a major milestone in the history of polio eradication – a year without any case of wild polio being recorded. For a nation that notoriously had, only two years ago, the largest number of polio cases in the world (741), this...
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Food security: Delivering the promise efficiently by Ashok Gulati, Jyoti Gujral & T Nanda Kumar
To banish hunger and malnutrition from the country, Parliament is likely to pass the National Food Security Bill (NFSB). In our earlier article on this issue, Can we Afford Rs 6-Lakh-Cr Food Subsidy Bill in 3 Yrs? (ET, December 17, 2011), we concentrated on the likely financial implication that we estimated at roughly Rs 6,00,000 crore over a period of three years. In this piece, we address the operational challenges...
More »Rural incomes to rise when fewer work for farm: Secretary by Nidhi Nath Srinivas
Downplaying the impact of drought in three states on national Food production, agriculture and cooperation secretary Prabeer Kumar Basu says the number of people dependent on agriculture has to come down for rural incomes to rise. "We have sent our team for an assessment of the situation. None of this will affect overall production because it will be compensated by the rest of India where crop conditions are excellent. We will...
More »Govt seeks report on Jarawa tribes dancing for food
-The Hindustan Times The Union government has asked the Andaman and Nicobar authorities to file a report on the incident of Jarawa women dancing for food. A video of Jarawa women— a tribal group inhabiting the islands—allegedly dancing for Food was released by The Observer, a London-based newspaper, along with a report. The video enraged both rights activists and the authorities. Even though the authorities say the video, which is doing rounds...
More »Boost investment to tackle price rise: Farmers tell FM
-The Economic Times Farm sector has sought reforms in supply chain infrastructure, rationalisation of subsidies, decentralised handling of foodgrain, and higher resources to farm productivity and ensure Food security. Presenting its pre-budget wish list to the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, a delegation of farmers and sector experts said there was a need to boost investment in farm sector to tackle Food inflation. Farm sector growth is likely to be 3-3.5% in 11th...
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