-Express News Service Food Securities Bill will make wheat available for Rs two per kg, jowar for Rs one per kg and rice for Rs three per kg but this will affect work Culture and labourers won’t be available for work, said Union AgriCulture Minister Sharad Pawar at the annual general meeting of Vasantdada Patil Sugar Institute and Maharashtra State Sugar Industries Association. “The government should not decide the sugarcane prices and...
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Food must not be reduced to security by Ela R Bhatt
The world food system today is far too complex for common sense to understand. It raises many questions: If safe, nutritious food is a fundamental right, why are one billion people living with hunger? Why do farmers and farm workers remain starved/half-starved? Why are people in food-exporting countries living with hunger? If the value of annual global exports in agriCulture products is in billions, why are agricultural labourers and farmers...
More »Top judge sets example for babus by Prafulla Marpakwar
Justice B H Marlapalle, one of the most outspoken and distinguished judges of the Bombay high court, has set a new benchmark not only for members of the judiciary but even for high-ranking bureaucrats. A day after retirement, he vacated his official quarters and surrendered his vehicle too. As per the norms, a judge can retain his official accommodation and vehicle for three months after retirement. During his career spanning over...
More »India's rights record dismal: report by Sandeep Dikshit
Six months before India's human rights gets reviewed at the United Nations, the Working Group on Human Rights (WGHR) in India released a report painting a dismal picture of its rights record. The U.N. Human Rights Council examines the rights record of its members on a rotational basis every four years through a peer review process, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Reports by the civil society, U.N. agencies and the country...
More »Status Update? Bad by Debarshi Dasgupta
Assailed from all sides, does the UPA really hope to recover its ‘image’ by muzzling online dissent? Kapil Sibal ko gussa kyon aata hai? Butt of online jokes: Politicians in 'tweaked' cinematic avatars. Out of the frying pan and into the fire. The UPA government has made it something of a fine art. Hardly had the ruckus over the decision to open up the retail sector to FDI died down than...
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