-TheNewsMinute.com From 2013 to 2014, farMer suicides in India have halved, but farMers’ groups and activists are not rejoicing. Severely criticizing the government, they say that the authorities have Merely come up with disingenuous categories which are designed to move the deaths from the columns that record farMers’ suicides to ones that rule them out. In its Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India report for 2014, the National Crime Records Bureau’s said...
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Meet waterman cop of Bundelkhand -Arindam Ghosh
-The Times of India JHANSI: Meet 'waterman cop' Mahendraa Modi, an additional director general of police, who was instrumental in cracking some very serious cases. But it is not his investigation acumen that made him famous. His passion for water conservation makes him different from other cops. Modi's efforts have brought a new ray of hope for the parched land of Bundelkhand. Taking the issue of water conservation seriously, he has created...
More »Indian Labour Conference fails to reach consensus, govt to approach unions again -Surya Sarathi Ray
-The Financial Express The Modi government’s ambitious labour reform agenda may take a while to be implemented as the 46th Indian Labour Conference (ILC) that concluded in New Delhi on Tuesday could not reach a consensus on many contentious proposals and resolved to hold tripartite consultations. The Modi government’s ambitious labour reform agenda may take a while to be implemented as the 46th Indian Labour Conference (ILC) that concluded in New Delhi...
More »Prod for campus gender monitor -Ananya Sengupta
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Centre has nudged schools and colleges to appoint student gender monitors who will report any incident of gender bias or sexual harassment on the campus to designated teachers. Although the government has dubbed the measure an "outreach for creating an environment that fosters equal treatment", social activists said a sensitisation programme would have worked better than a system that will only create snitches. According to government guidelines issued...
More »Monsoons and markets -Ashok Gulati
-The Indian Express These are the root causes of agricultural distress. FarMers need better irrigation and access to markets. Speaking at the foundation day celebrations of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) on July 12, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that there were reasons to smile on the economic front as India remains a bright spot, despite the global slowdown. He talked about the 7-8 per cent...
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