Bt cotton has doubled the seed industry and boosted the fortunes of seed firms. But yields still need to improve In the last 10 years, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton and its impact on farmers has perhaps been the most talked about topic in Indian agriculture since the ‘Green Revolution’ of the 1960s and 1970s. Not only has farmers’ income from growing Bt cotton risen by almost 67 per cent in the...
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UP NRHM scam: CBI conducts raids, 4 new FIRs filed
-CNN-IBN The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted more raids in Uttar Pradesh and filed four new FIRs in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam. Thirty teams of CBI raided health department officials and firms that supplied medicines and other material. CBI conducted search operations across 22 districts in UP in cities including Lucknow, Deoria, Basti, and Bahraich. ...
More »Turning off the tap on water as a human right by Shiney Varghese
The new draft National Water Policy (NWP) circulated by the Ministry of Water Resources to water experts suggests that the government is poised to withdraw from its responsibilities of water service delivery, and that multinational corporations and financial institutions might have too big a say in water allocation and policy. At first glance, it appears as if the policy takes a holistic approach to water resources management, with a clear recognition...
More »UIDAI next focus on services and applications
-The Business Standard Having enrolled 200 million Indian citizens for Aadhaar, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is now taking the initial steps to the services route. UIDAI chairperson Nandan Nilekani said that they have started two pilots that will allow the oil industry to bring in transparency in LPG transfer and the use of Aadhaar for getting mobile connectivity. UIDAI is running a pilot in Mysore using the Aadhaar platform for...
More »Budget 2012: Shock therapy advised for tax evaders by Deepshikha Sikarwar
Indians with undisclosed foreign assets and offshore bank accounts will be in for a shock this Budget if the finance ministry clears a proposal empowering income tax authorities to reopen assessments up to 16 years as against 6 years now. The proposed amendment, the ministry feels, may not only act as a deterrent, but also put pressure on people to declare their wealth stashed away in Swiss banks and tax havens. In...
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