The Economic Offence Wing of Uttar Pradesh has lodged FIR against 19 firms for their alleged involvement in a 'food grain scam' here, the police said. The EOW has lodged FIR against 19 firms of the Kotwali city Gonsa for illegally sending food grains to Bangladesh. The FIR was lodged by inspector EOW, Kanpur for forgery, corrupt practices and other charges. The police said that 43,330 quintal of food grain was sent to...
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In farmer's name by R Ramakumar
The policy is to promote specific high-value segments within agriculture, where corporate houses have major profit interests. A COMMON compliment that Pranab Mukherjee's Union Budget for 2011-12 received from the media was its proclaimed “friendliness” to agriculture and rural areas. It was not just the media; members of India Inc. welcomed the Budget as “focussed” on agriculture. However, a close look at the Budget estimates reveals a different picture. Public...
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The government today said multi national companies (MNCs) are campaigning against domestic pharma industry as their interests were getting impacted due to increasing global presence of Indian firms in the generic segment. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia said: "A concerted campaign against India pharma industry has been launched by MNCs whose interests are getting adversely impacted due to increasing...
More »Plan Panel says no to RTI in PPP projects
The Planning Commission has shot down a proposal of the Central Information Commission (CIC) to bring private entities executing projects under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, arguing that it is applicable on public authority and not on private companies. "RTI is not Right to Information on private companies. It pertains to information on public authority," deputy chairman of Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, said...
More »Bhopal gas victims guinea pigs for drug trials by Hemender Sharma
Bhopal gas victims allege that they are being used as guinea pigs for unethical drug trials without being informed.An RTI has revealed that Bhopal Memorial Hospital has pocketed over Rs 1 crore by allowing pharma companies to conduct clinical trials on disaster victims.Shankar Lal was 33 when the Bhopal Union Carbide leak of 1984 happened. Lal and his pregnant wife Laxmi survived but not their child who died at birth....
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