-The Hoot We can either spend another year discovering how much the old model is disintegrating or we can explore alternatives. But India has not developed a tradition as yet of not-for-profit journalism, says SEVANTI NINAN. Two recent developments at the New York Times and at Time Inc. which publishes Time magazine underscore the fact that financing has and will remain become the number one issue for the future of journalism as...
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Organic Farm Fresh: “Those who quit agriculture are coming back through organic farming”-Sarayu Srinivasan
-The Alternative Parveen Kumar works in the farms of Uddhampur District, Jammu & Kashmir, where the Government has posted him on a project that allots about 100 to 200 hectares of land each to grow and train farmers in organic cultivation. Parveen grows wheat, maize and pulses in the 100 hectares that he is in-charge of. Crops are chosen by the government after analysing the market demand in the area. Thus,...
More »Palakkad to host NHPC’s first wind farm
-The Hindu THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (Kerala): Kerala signed an agreement with National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Ltd. on Monday to set up a wind farm in Palakkad district. The project will mark the corporation's foray into the wind power sector. After the agreement was signed, Electricity Minister Aryadan Mohammed told presspersons that the plan was to have a wind farm of 82-MW capacity in the Kottathara and Nallasingam areas of Attappady in the first...
More »Delivering services to aam aadmi -Karthik Muralidharan
-The Indian Express Policy design should worry less about public versus private, and more about choice and accountability. The most noteworthy aspect of the Aam Aadmi Party's manifesto is the explicit focus on service delivery. This is what its government will be evaluated on, and attention has shifted from the AAP's political success to how it will deliver on these promises. The ideas below reflect learnings from over a decade of research...
More »CAG gets HC nod to audit accounts of private telecom companies
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday gave nod to the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) to audit the accounts of private telecom companies. CAG got the crucial assignment after getting the mandate to audit power distribution companies from the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government. A bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and V Kameswar Rao permitted the top accounting body to conduct audit of private telecom companies under the...
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