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Rs 94.93 cr relief for farmers

A relief of Rs 94.93 crore will be paid to farmers whose crops were damaged in the recent floods in Haryana. This figure has been calculated as per the state norms on the basis of damage to crops assessed through a special girdawari. This was revealed at a meeting of the state-level committee constituted to administer the Haryana Calamity Relief Fund, which was chaired by Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati here today. She directed...

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Rice output may reach record as rain boosts planting

India, the world’s second-biggest rice grower, may have a record harvest this year as increased planting offset drought in the east of the country. Production may total 100 million tonnes in the year ending June 2011, compared with 89.3 million tonnes a year ago, said Vijay Setia, president of All India Rice Exporters’ Association. Output was a record 99.2 million tonnes in the year ended June 30, 2009, according to the...

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Rs 8.5 cr package for farmers

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has announced a Rs 8.5 crore package for assistance to farmers in the flood-affected areas of the state. The package includes free and subsidised seeds of different crops and additional fertilisers to the farmers. The flood-affected areas include Sirsa, Fatehabad, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal and some parts of Karnal district. The stayte government will supply mini-kits of seeds of alternative crops like toria, hybrid bajra and...

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NHRC issues notices for septic tank deaths by J Balaji

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Delhi government Chief Secretary and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Commissioner on the death of three persons due to asphyxiation while cleaning a septic tank in a banquet hall on G.T. Karnal Road in Adarsh Nagar on May 18. The two officers have been asked to reply in four weeks and also give details of the persons died while cleaning...

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Delhi's flood of deaths that don't matter by Samar Halarnkar and Jatin Anand

The people who uncovered the fact liken it to "encountering a mass grave of people who do not matter" in India's seat of power: At least 10 homeless people are dying on the streets of Delhi every day, the rate peaking as the summer rolls on. After a six-month examination of official records at crematoria, police stations and graveyards across India's richest city, Smita Jacob and Asghar Sharif, analysts with an...

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