Six journalists from Hindi and English media from Odisha, Jharkhand, Assam and Punjab have been selected for the prestigious Inclusive Media-UNDP Fellowships 2014. The fellows will take time off from routine journalism to spend time with rural/ marginalized communities to highlight their anxieties and concerns that require wider coverage and public attention. The fellowships cover costs of news gathering, Logistics and incidental expenses up to Rs 150,000. The fellowship Jury...
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Chandigarh gets a taste of Rs 1 idli-sambar
-The Times of India CHENNAI: The city corporation seems to be leaving no stone unturned in its effort to market the popular Amma canteen scheme. Every team of visiting officials, the civic body's officials ensure, is shown around at least one of the subsidized canteens. The visitors, from across the country or even abroad, may have come to study the style of functioning of the city administration but get to see one...
More »Food for thought: No roadmap for cold chains in this budget -Kunal Bose
-The Hindustan Times Wastage of all kinds of food during farm-to-fork journey and also because of mindless indulgences by people with dispensable income whenever they visit supermarkets remains a global curse. It is known that over one-third of India's fruit and vegetables valued at over Rs. 13,000 crore is wasted annually in the absence of adequate refrigerated storage infrastructure and Logistics deficiencies. The other villain is the anachronistic distribution system, favouring middlemen...
More »Farmers to have ‘Kisan Mandi’ in Delhi by September
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Farmers will be able to directly sell fruits and vegetables to consumers and wholesalers in Delhi as the city will have a 'kisan mandi' by September after the government changes the law that gives traders and middlemen a monopoly. Farmers and farmer producer organisations (FPOs) will be able meet part of Delhi's demand of 15,000 tonnes of vegetables a day after the Delhi Agriculture Produce Market (APMC)...
More »INCLUSIVE MEDIA-UNDP FELLOWSHIP DEADLINE EXTENDED
The last date for applying for Inclusive Media-UNDP Fellowship 2014 has been extended from 15 July, 2014 to 1 August, 2014. Please go through the following notification and visit the Inclusive Media Website (im4change.org) for more details. Inclusive Media for Change invites applications from journalists in English and Hindi for Inclusive Media - UNDP Fellowships 2014. The Fellowships are given to increase and sharpen media coverage of rural distress/ development and...
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