-TheWire.in The need of the hour is to reorient policies built on equity, not only economic, political and social, but also ecological and environmental. India is completing the 75th year of its independence. It is a moment of celebration and, at the same time, an occasion to remember all those known and unknown who laid down their lives during a long struggle to make India free from the yoke of colonial rule. It...
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Rebuild agriculture to make it future-ready -Devinder Sharma
-The Tribune Rebuild agriculture to make it future-ready With Green Revolution having outlived its utility, it’s time to move to the next stage. The 75th anniversary of Independence provides an excellent opportunity to rethink and redesign the road map. This will call for moving away from the economic thought that has always relied on sacrificing agriculture for the sake of industry. The focus has to be on making the village the hub...
More »Ujjwala scheme not shining BRIght amid soaring LPG prices -Rahul Shrivastava
-IndiaToday.in Beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme are not seeking refills amid soaring prices of LPG cylinders. According to government data, over 50 per cent of beneficiaries sought four or less refills in the last financial year. The government’s poll trump card, the Ujjwala Yojna, faces a serious threat of losing ground as the rising price of the LPG cylinder has led to a drastic fall in the number of refills ordered by...
More »Govt mulling various steps to rein in wheat prices -Subramani Ra Mancombu and Prabhudatta Mishra
-The Hindu Business Line Food Secretary tells millers the Centre may release stocks under OMSS or lower import duty Taking a serious view of the 10 per cent surge in wheat prices since June-end, the Centre is considering various measures to BRIng down the prices—from releasing the cereal under the open market sale scheme (OMSS) for user industries to lowering the import duty to zero. Please click here to read more. ...
More »10 more Indian wetlands sites get Ramsar tag, number rises to 64
-The Hindu Six of them are in Tamil Nadu and one each in Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha India has added 10 more Ramsar sites, or wetlands that are of international importance, taking the number of such sites to 64, Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav said on Wednesday. “Absolutely thrilled to inform that 10 more Indian wetlands have got Ramsar recognition as wetlands of international importance,” Mr. Yadav tweeted. The 10 new sites —...
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