-The Hindu Grains and vegetables are being grown with the technique used for paddy farming BERHAMPUR: System for Rice Intensification (SRI), a technique of paddy cultivation, is being successfully used for cultivation of other crops including vegetables by small farmers in Ganjam district of Odisha. Typically, the SRI is used for paddy cultivation to increase yield. But for the past few years the same technique is being used to increase the harvest of...
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State Cabinet to take final call on food security Act today -Ishfaq Tantry
-The Tribune Centre allocates addl foodgrain to J&K to meet shortfall SRInagar: Even as the Centre has decided to allot additional foodgrains to J&K to meet the shortfall, the state Cabinet, which is scheduled to meet here on Tuesday, is going to take a final call on whether it will implement the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013. This was submitted by Advocate General Riyaz A. Jan before a division bench of the...
More »Only 1 in 4 MPs in India is below the age of 45 -Kounteya Sinha
-The Times of India LONDON: The world is getting younger but the world's parliamentarians, elected to govern are getting older. The median age of the global population is around 26.4 years and among the voting age population worldwide, 49% are between the ages of 20 and 39, But the average age of those sitting in the world's parliaments is now between 51-60 years. A 20-year-old Scottish student made history in May 7 general elections...
More »Rule of law index: India scores a mixed bag -Jayant SRIram & Rukmini S
-The Hindu The country is ranked third in the South Asian region. India figures in the top 50 countries in the world for an effective criminal justice system, according to a new study that ranks countries on how the rule of law is experienced by citizens. However, the study finds that it is among the worst performing countries when it comes to civil justice. The Rule of Law Index 2015, released by the U.S.-based...
More »Fall in allocations -S Harpal Singh
-The Hindu Adilabad: Despite a drought in scorching Adilabad, the number of labourers seeking work under MGNREGA has plummeted. Only about 3.91 lakh labourers have reported for work so far this year against last year’s 5.12 lakh. “Delay in payments is perhaps the major reason for wage seekers to stay away from work,” said Durgam Praveen, supervising a group of workers in Inkarguda village. Durgam Balaraju agreed with him. “It is...
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