-TheWire.in Legislative action that primarily looks at cattle mobility as ‘acts of smuggling cattle out of state for slaughter’ is deeply misguided and betrays a misunderstanding of how India’s cattle have been bought and sold since the British Raj. Like many poorly drafted laws, the recently notified Livestock Markets (Regulation) Rules is so pre-occupied with its self-righteousness that it fails to realise the harm that it would cause. If the colonial era’s...
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581 mn Indians in country's 9 poorest states live without proper healthcare -Ojaswi Rao
-Business Standard/ IndiaSpend Seven of the nine 'high-focus' states report underspending on healthcare Nine of India’s poorest states–home to 581 million or 48% of India’s population–account for 70% of the country’s infant deaths, 75% of under-five deaths and 62% of maternal deaths, but do not spend even the money they have set aside for healthcare, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of 2017 Reserve Bank of India data on state budgets. The data also...
More »Heavy rains trigger flood-like situation in Gujarat
-PTI Ahmedabad: Torrential rains pounded parts of Gujarat today, leading to a deluge-like situation at several places, even as the state’s disaster management authority has been put on alert to tackle any emergency situation. Tankara gauged a massive 280 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours. Teams of the disaster management department with the help of National Disaster Response Force personnel rescued around 14 people stranded in floodWaters in the district. “Tankara...
More »Mihir Shah Committee report: How to solve Water crisis
-India Water Portal As a solution to the Water crisis, Mihir Shah Committee recommends constituting National Water Commission--a multidisciplinary organisation that will look into Water management more holistically. The country’s Water sector is going through a rough patch. From polluted Water resources to increasing demand for Water due to rising population and frequent droughts, there are many problems that plague the sector. The worst sufferers are farmers and this is evident...
More »Ground Water levels declining fast in Maharashtra -Zeeshan Shaikh
-The Indian Express The study compared pre-monsoon Water level data for 1,487 wells selected from across Maharashtra with the decadal mean between 2006-2015. This study indicated a decline in ground Water levels in 70 per cent of the wells monitored. Mumbai: The low intensity of rains across the state, especially in cities like Mumbai, may have led to consternation but Maharashtra faces a larger problem in the long run due to a...
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