-TheIndiaForum.in Claims that the livestock SECtor is a high emitter of greenhouse gases have led to calls for moving towards plant-based diets. These prescriptions rest on flawed assumptions; they also ignore the nutritional needs of the working poor in the Global South. The livestock SECtor has widely been reported to be a high emitter of Green House Gases (GHGs). International media outlets have — wrongly — claimed that ‘cows emit more than...
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Govt to roll out unorganized SECtor database by end of Jul -Prashant K Nanda
-Livemint.com The aim is to enrol nearly 380 mn workers and provide them benefits during times of distress The Union government will roll out the unorganized SECtor database by the end of July to enrol almost 380 million workers, weeks after the Supreme Court rapped the labour ministry, saying that it showed “unpardonable" apathy towards workers in the informal SECtor. The development comes more than a year after the mass reverse migration of...
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-The Hindu The guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court are welcome, but they require robust systems. The Supreme Court on June 29 pronounced its judgment in the migrant labourers case. The case was initiated last year after the national lockdown was announced on March 24. Thousands of landless labourers had started walking towards their home States due to the loss of employment and income. The Supreme Court took cognisance of the...
More »PMO Restricts MeitY From Revealing How PM CARES Got 'gov.in' Domain Name -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in With the Prime Minister's Office insisting that the Fund is not a public authority, an application had sought information about how it received a domain name that was exclusively restricted to government websites. New Delhi: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) recently restrained the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) from disclosing in response to an application filed under the Right to Information Act (RTI) as to how the PM CARES...
More »What procurement data tells us about India’s farm law opposition -Arjun Srinivas & howindialives.com
-Livemint.com Amid a bumper wheat crop, India’s farmers sold more wheat to the government than ever before. Government procurement has only grown in recent years, making farmers wary of any attempt to dial back the role of the state in the farm SECtor This rabi marketing season has seen the highest procurement of wheat by government agencies in history. At 43 million tonnes, this is 33% higher than the average for the...
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