-The Business Standard Cabinet decisions on fertiliser are not enough Of the two fertiliser-related decisions taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs at its recent meeting, the token hike of Rs 50 per tonne in urea prices is inconsequential, and the new mechanism for subsidising fertiliser is problematic. An increase of less than one per cent in urea prices will do little to bring down the subsidy bill or to reduce...
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The landless end march at Agra -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu In an agreement with Jan Satyagraha, Centre promises to initiate land reforms Thousands of landless poor aborted their march to Delhi on Thursday, accepting the government's promises to initiate land reform and the possibility of statutory backing for the right to shelter, homestead and agricultural land. Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh signed a 10-point agreement in Agra — barely 10 days after refusing to sign a similar deal at the march’s...
More »MP CM walked five km with Jan Satyagraha landless tribals -Suchandana Gupta
-The Times of India BHOPAL: Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan travelled to Agra in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday to join the Ekta PARIshad Jan Satyagraha protest march of more than 50,000 landless tribals demanding land reforms from the Union government. Chouhan, accompanied by his wife Sadhna and state minister for women and child development Ranjana Baghel, walked five km from Rohta village to COD maidan in Agra to boost the morale...
More »Farmville in the real world -GS Unnikrishnan
-The Hindu A.R. Avaneendranathan, a dairy farmer, aims at popularising native breeds of farm animals “This cow is 83 cm tall, just six cm more than the shortest cow entered in the Guinness Book of World Records. I bought her at Badiyadukka in Kasaragod district. She is a Kasaragod dwarf breed of cattle but has the characteristics of a Malnad Gidda, which is also a dwarf breed. This breed can survive on...
More »Haryana planning to implement RTE at plus-two level
-PTI The Haryana government on Wednesday said it is considering implementing the Right to Education (RTE) Act at plus-two level. According to Haryana education minister Geeta Bhukkal, her state was ahead of others in implementing the RTE Act and so it was considering to implement it at plus-two level also. Her statement came in the backdrop of the HRD Ministry contemplating to extend the deadline for executing the provisions of RTE, which comes...
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