-The Financial Express Indian agriculture’s reliance on monsoon rainfall has reduced considerably over the last few years thanks to the increase in area irrigated, although there are still pockets — particularly in east and central India — where rains still are a decisive determinant of crop. Key grain-producing states Punjab, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, madhya pradesh and Uttar Pradesh have most of the cropped areas under irrigation coverage (see table). Unless...
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Monsoon signs off with one-third of districts under rain deficit -Amit Bhattacharya
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: India received below-normal monsoon this year, with the season ending on a 5.2% deficit on Saturday. While 50% of the country's districts have had normal rains, more than a third — 215 districts — are left with deficient rainfall, which could impact the kharif crop to an extent. A 'below-normal monsoon', according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), is when countrywide rains in the season are...
More »A 'women-centric' approach for gains in nutrition -Malancha Chakrabarty
-The Asian Age On the one hand, there are states like Kerala and Goa which have a low burden of undernutrition. India has won significant battles against malnutrition. Unlike a few decades ago, instances of severe malnutrition such as kwashiorkor and marasmus are now rare. Latest figures from the National Family Health Survey revealed that there has been a ten percentage point decline in stunting from about 48 per cent in 2005-06...
More »RTI crusader stabbed to death -Rasheed Kidwai
-The Telegraph Bhopal: A right to information activist who had "exposed" corruption in panchayats was found dead with stab injuries all over his body in madhya pradesh's Morena district today. Police said the body of Mukesh Dubey, 42, was found in an agricultural field in Matkaura village. He had several stabbing marks all over his body, Morena superintendent of police Adityanath Singh said. Singh said Dubey was a resident of Morena town and...
More »What ails rural Rajasthan -Sudhir Kumar Suthar
-The Indian Express In zones of prosperity, agriculture faces crisis, jobs are few, social aspirations don’t match economic realities After Maharashtra and madhya pradesh, farmers from Rajasthan came out on the streets demanding loan waiver and implementation of the Swaminathan Committee report. Protesting against government policies and demanding their share in the country’s development, which they argue have been denied to them, the farmers have shown unity across caste and class lines....
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