-The Economic Times The positive impact on agricultural wages and distress migration from rural areas not withstanding, the government's flagship rural employment scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, leaves a lot to be desired for. This is evident from the rural development ministry's compendium of more than 100 major research papers on the programme, MGNREGA Sameeksha. The slim 120-odd page volume, which is to be released by the Prime Minister...
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Rules to help tribals assert forest rights-Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph The Centre today announced fresh guidelines to protect the rights of forest dwellers and “undo” years of “injustice” these tribal people have had to face over claims on land and minor produce. Sources said the Union tribal affairs ministry, which issued the guidelines, felt the implementation of the forest rights act (FRA) had been “poor” on the ground. “The FRA aims to undo the historic injustice made against the tribal people...
More »New water usage norms to encourage conservation
-The Economic Times The government plans to intervene in the use of water by industries and encourage conservation of the increasingly scarce resource by setting up a 'bureau of water-use efficiency' to grade various sectors and issue guidelines, official sources said. "We'll start with the industries and analyse whether they are water friendly or not," said a senior official at the ministry of water resources. For this, the ministry has roped in industrial...
More »Flood fury hits 24 lakh in Assam-Prabin Kalita
-The Times of India GUWAHATI: Assam is no stranger to floods. But this deluge is the worst it has seen in many years. The first wave of floods—from April to Juneclaimed 126 lives. More than 700 animals in Kaziranga National Park and elsewhere have died. Fears of a second wave hitting soon loom large. The annual devastation comes in multiple waves in Assam—three to four—starting from April. According to the state disaster...
More »SC signals rethink on auction route for all natural resources-Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed that the government had reasons to doubt its verdict laying down auction as the only way of allocating natural resources, in what is seen as an indication of a significant judicial rethink. "On cancellation of spectrum licences allotted without following a transparent system, there is no doubt about its correctness. But if one reads the judgment to mean that auction must be...
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