-Down to Earth For farmers, trust sells more than organic licence A FOOD SAFETY and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) official walked into Restore, an organic food store at Kottivakkam in Chennai. He picked up a packet of rice off the shelf and noticed some bugs in it. "How can you sell groceries with bugs?" he asked. The staff told him their customers buy their goods precisely because of the bugs in...
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Panel calls for cutting food security coverage, backs cash transfer -Surojit Gupta & Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government should reduce coverage under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) to 40% of the population from 67% and defer implementation of the scheme in states which have not complied with the rollout conditions, a panel appointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recommended. The panel headed by former food minister Shanta Kumar submitted the report to the PM on Wednesday. Reforming the subsidy regime...
More »Sec 66A arrests: NDA on same page as UPA -Utkarsh Anand
-The Indian Express The NDA government took over from the UPA more than eight months ago but it appears to be deja vu for activists fighting against the constitutionality of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which empowers police to arrest people for social media posts. Following the previous government's line, the NDA regime has lent its support to the validity of Section 66A, saying the "danger was present and clear"...
More »Govt to ease CSR fund flow into holy river -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In a move to involve private players more to clean Ganga, the govt is keen to allow corporates to spend their CSR fund without any interference of municipal bodies in 118 Cities and towns along the river. Corporates would be allowed to undertake projects that contribute to this mission after getting easy approval from the municipal bodies. "The issue was discussed at a meeting chaired...
More »Households expect inflation to remain at current level: RBI survey -Vishwanath Nair
-Livemint.com This is a shift from the September 2014 survey where many respondents had expected inflation to rise over the next one year Mumbai: According to recent surveys conducted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), fewer households in India expect higher inflation in the year ahead, even though expectations regarding future economic conditions, income and spending showed a decline. In the 38th round of The Inflation Expectations Survey of Households December...
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