-Scroll.in The existing policy bans commercial activity in natural forests to protect forest dwellers. The new draft policy is up for public comments till April 14. The Union government has drafted a new National Forest Policy. If approved, the policy will allow the corporate sector to grow, harvest and sell trees on government-owned forest lands. So far, this is explicitly banned under the existing National Forest Policy, which was laid down...
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Delhi tests ground to cut student subsidy -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Centre has floated a proposal to scale down an Interest waiver scheme meant to help poor students enrol themselves for professional courses. The human resource development ministry has sought the opinion of other ministries on lowering to Rs 7.5 lakh from Rs 10 lakh the loan amount eligible for Interest waiver under the central sector Interest subsidy scheme (SCISS) launched in 2009. The proposal to lower the ceiling...
More »SC/ST Act being used for blackmail, says Supreme Court -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu The Supreme Court directs that public servants can only be arrested with the written permission of their appointing authority. The anti-atrocities law, which protects Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes from casteist slurs and discrimination, has become an instrument to “blackmail” innocent citizens and public servants, the Supreme Court observed in a judgment on Tuesday. Issuing a slew of guidelines to protect public servants and private employees from arbitrary arrests under the...
More »Village where all the bachelors are dammed -R Avadhani
-The Hindu Girls won’t marry into any family from Gudatipally in Telangana that is about to be submerged GUDATIPALLY (Telangana): Apart from the usual challenges of making a decent living, young men from Gudatipally village in Telangana’s Siddipet district are faced with a unique problem: they cannot find girls to marry. The reason? None of them have a convincing answer to a simple question from the father of the bride: ‘Where will...
More »India is consuming banned GM food owing to lack of regulations
-Down to Earth Genetically modified food items are flooding Indian markets with seemingly no trouble at all Just last year the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had told the Supreme Court that “GM (genetically modified) foods are not allowed in the country” and yet no action has been taken against the GM foods flooding Indian markets. The Coalition for a GM-free India has complained to the FSSAI with pictorial...
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