-Business Standard The govt's view is that the unions should be representatives of the workers who can negotiate with the management and raise issues concerning them The labour wing of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Monday raised concerns over the Union government's proposal to restrict the entry of outsiders into the trade unions. "The ILO convention clearly states that it should be up to the trade unions to decide about its structures...
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Farm prices panel for efficient water use -Vishwanath Kulkarni
-The Hindu Business Line Calls for restructuring Nafed for effective procurement of pulses, oilseeds Bengaluru: The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has made a pitch for encouraging water use efficiency in agriculture. As part of its non-price policy recommendations for kharif 2015-16, the crop advisory body has suggested that States fix quantitative ceilings on per hectare use of both water and electricity. The farm sector accounts for about 83 per cent...
More »In 2 years, 40,000 tonnes of grain went down the drain -Christin Mathew Philip
-The Times of India CHENNAI: At a time when fears of another drought year are looming large, an RTI application filed by TOI has revealed that the quantity of foodgrains damaged in Food Corporation of India godowns across the country recorded a drastic jump over the last two years when the country lost more than 40,000 tonnes. Though the losses are attributed to natural calamities like cyclone and floods, experts say...
More »Anganwadis to go hi-tech, record nutrition data on tablet PCs
-PTI NEW DELHI: Anganwadi centres across the country will soon go hi-tech with the government planning to equip them with tablet PC devices installed with a customised software for regular monitoring of nutrition supply to malnourished children. The software will enable anganwadi workers (AWWs) to upload various data like dietary intake and health updates of children and supply of foodgrains and supplementary nutrition on a daily basis. The move will help the government...
More »Alcohol doesn't go down well with women -Malathy Iyer
-The Times of India MUMBAI: The gender GAP in the world of tipplers is fast shrinking. Recent studies show that more female students than males in Spain are likely to binge-drink, and the percentage of women arrested for drunk driving increased by 30% within a decade in the US. In India, in the absence of any study or statistics, accidents like the one caused by Chembur corporate lawyer Janhvi Gadkar prove that...
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