-Livemint.com Councils say auctions of coal mines in Hasdeo-Arand region will violate the Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006 New Delhi: Twenty Gram sabhas or village councils from Chhattisgarh have passed resolutions opposing any auction of coal mines in the Hasdeo-Arand region of the state, saying an auction would violate the Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006. Please click here to access. ...
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An uncertain Hobbesian life -Feroze Varun Gandhi
-The Hindu India's small farmers have been struggling for centuries now and they need social and governmental action to change their future Of India's 121 million agricultural holdings, 99 million are with small and marginal farmers, with a land share of just 44 per cent and a farmer population share of 87 per cent. With multiple cropping prevalent, such farmers account for 70 per cent of all vegetables and 52 per cent...
More »Idukki becomes first district in India to get high-speed rural broadband connectivity -M Suchitra
-Down to Earth National Optic Fibre Network will connect all 250,000 Gram panchayats of India by 2016 India's first high-speed rural broadband network, the National Optic Fibre Network (NOFN), was commissioned in Kerala's Idukki district on Monday. With this, the district, which has a large tribal and rural population, has become the country's first district to have all its village panchayats connected to NOFN, the world's largest rural broadband connectivity project through...
More »Farmers driving SUVs get land meant for poor -Mrigank Tiwari
-The Times of India BAREILLY: Farmers already owning more than 80 bighas of land in Meerganj tehsil and driving SUVs were given allotment of land meant for the poor, under government schemes. The divisional commissioner was reportedly surprised on receiving the information and has asked for a probe into the matter. The matter came to light when residents of Asadnagar Sisauna village, under Meerganj tehsil, reported large irregularities in the distribution of patta...
More »Direct procurement of pulses from farmers
-The Hindu Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu): Efforts are under way to procure pulses, including black Gram and green Gram, directly from farmers in the district. These pulses would be procured with the help of the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Marketing Federation at fair price from farmers to avoid middlemen, Collector M. Ravikumar said here on Monday. The procured pulses would be marketed through farm fresh vegetable outlet and also despatched to markets in Chennai. The...
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