-Livemint.com A cow cess of even Re.1 per litre of petrol will be enough to generate funds that will exceed the entire annual budgets of several Union ministries About two weeks ago, Subramanian Swamy, a Rajya Sabha member from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called for a cow cess of Re1 on petrol to fund gaushalas or cow shelters across the country. Swamy made the comment towards the end of his speech...
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Sarson Satyagraha: Activists up in arms over genetically modified food -
-The Indian Express In May this year, a regulatory body under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, had given its go-ahead for cultivation of genetically modified mustard. Earlier, it was Bt cotton that was genetically modified and its ill-effects on the ecology are for all to see. Chandigarh: PEOPLE CONCERNED about changes being made in their food, especially at the genetic level, came together at the Sukhna Lake on Friday morning under...
More »Centre's ban on sale of cattle for slaughter could cripple farmers in distress -Sruthisagar Yamunan
-Scroll.in The definition of cattle under the new rules include bulls, buffaloes and even camels. The Ministry of Environment and Forests on Thursday notified new rules under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, which bans sale of cattle for slaughter in open markets across the country. Farmers’ unions see the new rules as an assault on agriculture. They said that in a time of distress, sale of cattle was one of...
More »Criminalising Forest-Dwellers Has Not Helped India's Forests or Wildlife. It's Time for a New Deal -Meenal Tatpati and Sneha Gutgutia
-TheWire.in Instead of evicting forest-dwelling communities for engaging in traditional activities in protected areas and reserved forests, the government should use them for co-management. In a circular released on March 28, 2017, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) ordered the directors of all tiger reserves to refrain from recognising the rights of forest dwellers within critical tiger habitats. Since its enactment in 2006, the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of...
More »GM Mustard could open door for 100-odd crops in pipeline -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard Activists, others question yield and bio-safety data; GM mustard can improve yields by 25-30% After many ifs and buts, the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) mustard seems to have reached a decisive phase after the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) recommended on Thursday that it be allowed. The Ministry of Environment and Forests will now decide on whether this herbicide-tolerant variety can become the first GM food crop to be...
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