-Down to Earth Twice as many villages as in 2012 affected this time More areas in Maharashtra are to be officially declared drought-affected. Another 5,700 villages are to be added to the list of drought-hit areas, taking the total number of villages which lost more than 50 per cent crops to around 24,000. This figure is twice the number of villages affected by the 2012 drought in the state. The findings have come...
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Ministry for adding LIGhtning to the list of notified disasters
-PTI People killed in LIGhtening incidents may now be compensated by the government if a recommendation of the Union Home Ministry to this effect is accepted. As India accounts for an average 400 deaths due to LIGhtening every year, the Ministry has moved a proposal to the 14th Finance Commission, suggesting inclusion of LIGhtning in the list of notified disasters eLIGible for assistance from national and state disaster relief funds. At present,...
More »Pranab Bardhan, emeritus professor of economics at the University of California at Berkeley interviewed by Pramit Bhattacharya
-Livemint The development economist on the Modi government's initiatives and his stand on them, and MGNREGS The Narendra Modi-led government should consider replacing inefficient subsidies with a basic monthly income for all citizens, says Pranab Bardhan , emeritus professor of economics at the University of California at Berkeley. Bardhan, who recently sparred with economists Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya in a debate over the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS),...
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-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The parliamentary estimates committee headed by BJP MP Murli Manohar Joshi, in its first report tabled on Thursday, on arsenic in ground water, has criticized the Centre for "neglecting" the serious issue that impacts at least 7 crore people across six states, according to CSIR estimates (data from different ministries and departments on the subject varies widely, the committee found). The panel has recommended that the...
More »Anup Surendranath, assistant professor at National Law University and Project head of Death Penalty Research Project, speaks to Uttam Sengupta
-Outlook It has taken 16 months, 400 interviews and over Rs 30 lakh for the ‘Death Penalty Research Project' to see the LIGht of day. It has taken 16 months, 400 interviews and over Rs 30 lakh for the ‘Death Penalty Research Project' to see the LIGht of day. Project head Anup Surendranath, an assistant professor at National Law University, Delhi, speaks to Uttam Sengupta. Excerpts: * What triggered this project in...
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