-MoneyControl.com The main aim of the commission was to come up with a system for sustainability in farming system and make it more profitable and cost competitive in farm commodities Farmers belonging to Madhya Pradesh began a 10-day strike on June 1 to seek better Minimum Support Price (MSP), a waiver for farm loans, higher compensation for damaged crops and full implementation of the MS Swaminathan report. Earlier this year, lakhs of farmers...
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Expect flooded Delhi roads again this monsoon -Paras Singh
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Thursday’s scenes of Waterlogged roads and long traffic jams in rain-hit Mumbai could well be playing out in Delhi a few weeks later. For, the deadline set for de-silting of drains in the capital is just eight days away and the civic agencies are woefully behind schedule. The situation is particularly worrisome in East Delhi, where the municipal corporation has only been able to achieve barely...
More »For homeless women in Delhi's night shelters, there's no respite from the soaring heat -Anasuya Basu
-Scroll.in Facilities are paltry and the few amenities available don’t work properly. As temperatures climbed up to 46 degrees centigrade in Delhi last week, life for the city’s homeless women became even tougher. Women lodging in Delhi’s homeless night shelters (or raen basera), have few options to beat the heat. Only 21 out of 263 night shelters run by the government-controlled Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board cater to women. Jyoti Banal shifted...
More »UN Experts Criticise 'Excessive' Use of Force by Police at Anti-Sterlite Protest
-TheWire.in They have demanded an independent and transparent probe into the May 22 violence which left 13 dead and several injured. New Delhi: United Nation’s human rights experts have criticised the “disproportionate and excessive use of force” by the police during the anti-Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu on May 22. The police firing and violence had left 13 dead and scores injured and had evoked widespread criticism in India...
More »Centre notifies Cauvery Water Management Authority
-The Hindu It will decide on Water sharing. New Delhi: Three days after the Karnataka Assembly election results and three months after the Supreme Court’s order, the Union government on Friday issued a notification for the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA). The authority will decide the sharing of the river Water among the States of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry. MPs of both the AIADMK and the...
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