-The Hindu Business Line Notification issuedin May had put curbs on sale of cattlefor slaughter New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s ruling on Tuesday, staying the Centre’s notification banning sale and purchase of cows and other livestock at animal markets for slaughter, was widely welcomed by farmers, with some seeing it as a ‘victory’. Terming the notification as a “cruel law”, the left-oriented All India Kisan Sabha said the impugned rules effectively choked the...
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Settlement of claims under crop insurance plan delayed by states: Radha Mohan Singh -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com States like Bihar and Kerala did not deposit their share of insurance premium on time, delaying payments to farmers, says agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh New Delhi: Due to states delaying assessment of crop loss, settlement of claims under the centre’s flagship crop insurance scheme is getting delayed, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Wednesday. The minister also complained that some states like Bihar and Kerala did not deposit their...
More »Beware the kill switch of agriculture -Prabhakaran Nair
-The Indian Express Makka ki roti aur sarson ka sag is a popular food item in northern India, in particular, Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh where both maize and mustard are widely grown. All vegetarian dishes made in much of northern, eastern and western India are cooked in mustard (sarson) oil. Why, suddenly, has mustard taken centre stage? GM mustard has begun to stir both the scientific and activist lobbies,...
More »Centre's Cattle Trade Rule To Be Suspended Across Country: Supreme Court
-NDTV In May, the centre issued an order banning the slaughter of cattle sold in animal markets and said such animals could only be used for agricultural purposes. Chennai: The government's rule banning the trade of cattle for slaughter will be suspended across the country until changes are made, the Supreme Court said today, backing a Madras High Court order for Tamil Nadu. The centre told the court that it could...
More »Kashmiri Used as Human Shield by Army Awarded Rs 10 Lakh Compensation for Torture -Mudasir Ahmad
-TheWire.in The State Human Rights Commission stopped short of announcing action against the army, as it lacked jurisdiction. Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s State Human Rights Commission on Monday directed the government to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to Farooq Ahmad Dar, the man who was strapped to an army jeep and paraded around villages as a human shield in Kashmir’s Budgam district on April 9. In a five-page order, commission chairperson Justice...
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