-National Herald Talking about farmers’ issues, P Sainath said, “It is not just an agrarian crisis, it is now a national crisis. The Modi govt has been engaged in fooling the nation. They are telling lies shamelessly” The founder editor of People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI), the former Rural Affairs editor of The Hindu and author of the much acclaimed book ‘Everybody loves a Good Drought’, P Sainath, has recorded rural...
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As Consumers Reel from High Fuel Prices, OMCs Make a Killing Off Inventory Gains -Noor Mohammad
-TheWire.in Indian Oil, BPCL and HPCL together made inventory gains of over Rs 12,000 crore in the April-June 2018 quarter alone as the price of crude rallied. New Delhi: Indian consumers of petrol and diesel may be reeling under high prices but oil marketing companies (OMCs) and the government are having a great time. The three state-owned companies – Indian Oil, BPCL and HPCL – together made inventory gains of over Rs 12,000...
More »Agricultural Loans Worth Rs 59,000 Crore Went to 615 Accounts in One Year -Dheeraj Mishra
-TheWire.in Agricultural experts say that large corporations are being given 'agricultural' loans at cheaper interest rates and with easier regulations in the name of farmers. New Delhi: Government banks handed out Rs 58,561 crore to 615 accounts in agricultural loans in the year 2016. On average, each account has been given over Rs 95 crore in agricultural loans. This information was revealed by the Reserve Bank of India in response to a Right...
More »Scheduled Castes among worst sufferers of India's job problem -Sukhdeo Thorat
-Hindustan Times Social discrimination and socioeconomic realities add to disadvantages faced by Scheduled Castes (SCs) in the labour market. Although we do not have employment trends from National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) after 2011-12, anecdotal evidence suggests that India’s job challenge might have worsened in this period. The slow pace of job creation inflicts greater suffering on the workforce in an economy. This suffering however is not the same for all...
More »Ending TB -Jayalakshmi Shreedhar & Anupama Srinivasan
-The Hindu The disease cannot be eliminated without universal access to affordable, quality diagnostics and drugs After decades spent battling the scourge of tuberculosis (TB) in developing countries, 2018 might be the year that it is finally accorded the gravitas it deserves. On September 26, the UN General Assembly will, for the first time, address TB in a High-Level Meeting and likely release a Political Declaration, endorsed by all member nations, to...
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