-The Telegraph The farmer groups and activists campaigning against GM crops also said government scientists had violated the Centre’s undertaking to the court by planting GM mustard in Bharatpur, Kanpur, Jhansi, Ludhiana, Sriganganagar, and Varanasi earlier this month New delhi: Sections of farmers, activists, and scientists on Monday accused the Centre of misleading the Supreme Court by claiming that genetically-modified mustard is not herbicide-tolerant and that it will help reduce the country’s...
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Is EPFO data right metric to show job creation? No, say experts citing its data limitations -TCA Sharad Raghavan
-ThePrint.in Wage ceiling, mobility of lower-end workers, smaller establishments willfully avoiding registrations among factors that make EPF data flawed indicator, they assert New delhi: While the government often cites monthly data from the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) — the latest edition of which was released on Friday — to show that formal sector employment is growing in India, economists say that the data is flawed, prone to inflation and captures only...
More »Govt looks to draw plan to combat future pandemics - Rhythma Kaul
-Hindustan Times WHO will be updating the list of priority pathogens—agents that can cause outbreaks or pandemics—to guide global investment, research and development, especially in vaccines, tests and treatments, the UN health body announced. India is working on a plan to effectively combat public health emergencies and disease outbreaks in future, according to people familiar with the matter, even as WHO on Monday announced it will be identifying pathogens that could cause...
More »delhi HC stays govt order limiting use of herbicide glyphosate for 3 months -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard Directs Centre to review decision with all stakeholders in the interim and come out with a solution The delhi High Court has stayed a Central government notification ‘restricting’ the use of controversial plant chemical glyphosate only through pest control operators (PCOs) for three months, trade and industry sources said today. In its order, the court also directed the Centre to review the decision with all stakeholders in the interim and come...
More »To Tackle Stubble Burning, Governments Have Repeatedly Chosen Ineffective Routes -Ramandeep Singh Mann
-TheWire.in If policy makers want to see the end of the stubble burning, they have to shed their political differences and come up with a road map which factors in the inability of farmers to bear straw management costs. The year was 2019, and farmers where once again being blamed for air pollution in delhi. As is the practice, Supreme Court took cognisance of the air pollution issue and summoned the Chief...
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