-Down to Earth Pond-based greywater treatment systems in Kurak Jagir village in Karnal district, Haryana, absorb greywater More than 70 per cent of freshwater across rural households in India gets converted to greywater. With the Union water ministry’s Jal Jeevan Mission providing tap water connection to every rural household at the rate of 55 litres per capita per day, the problem is set to intensify. Greywater refers to wastewater from non-toilet systems, that...
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Tomato Is The New Petrol: Rates Top ₹ 100/Kg In Andhra Pradesh, Chennai -Anindita Sanyal
-NDTV.com In Andhra Pradesh -- the largest producer of tomatoes in the country -- the vegetable is selling at ₹ 100 a kg. In Chennai, tomatoes are burning a hole in customers' pocket, costing upwards of ₹ 140 a kilo. New Delhi: The price of tomatoes -- sold every winter around ₹ 20 a kilo -- has spiraled following rain and floods in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. In...
More »Not against MSP, but open-ended procurement a problem: SC panel member Anil Ghanwat -Sohini Goswami
-Hindustan Times Anil Ghanwat said if a law on MSP is made as demanded by protesting farm unions, all farmers would demand MSP on their crops and nobody would be in a position to earn anything out of it. Anil Ghanwat, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on farm laws, said on Monday that he was not against minimum support price, but open-ended procurement was a problem. He said if a...
More »UP: It’s not Back to Square One After Farm Law Scrapping -Subodh Varma
-newsclick.in There are too many reasons why people, especially farmers, are angry with the Yogi-Modi ‘double engine’ government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement that his government will repeal the three farm laws came with just a few months left for crucial Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, which were crucibles of the year-long farmers’ struggle against these notorious laws. It is but natural that the connection between the announcement and the...
More »Malwa Farmers and Farm Labourers Continue to Fight Multiple Battles -Tripta Narang
-newsclick.in The cheer and celebrations all around following the PM's announcement, however, do not improve the farmers’ situation or ease their struggles. On the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, Prime Minister Modi announced his government’s decision to repeal the three farm laws that were to impact the lives and livelihoods of people -- especially the very small and marginal farmers and the common people i.e. the consumers of farm produce. This is...
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