-The Hindu Dreze made the statement in an interview with The Hindu following a survey in six States, including West Bengal. Under a month of its emphatic victory in Bengal election a very definitive reason of Trinamool Congress’ [TMC] success was indicated by economist Jean Dreze. The Public Distribution System [PDS] has performed “enormously well” in Bengal, since the passage of the National Food Security Act [NFSA] in 2013, said Mr Dreze. Mr...
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Big debate: Doubling of farm income in 6 years -Ajay Vir Jakhar
-The Economic Times blog Prayers have been answered, monsoon has made landfall in Kerala, close to where Vasco da Gama landed in 1498. Potentially, the impact on political fortunes will be no less. This government has promised to double farm incomes in six years and economists argued that this would be impossible because it would entail a 12% annual growth in incomes; unprecedented globally. Starting from such abysmally low farm income...
More »Rajasthan govt. appoints team to tackle cow deaths
-The Hindu Jaipur: Rajasthan is the first State to create a separate Gaupalan Ministry for ensuring the protection of cows. The high-level team, headed by the Gaupalan Department’s Additional Director, has found that the deaths occurred due to consumption of polythene and other inedible substances as well as extreme weakness. “No symptoms of communicable or seasonal diseases were found in the cows,” Shailesh Sharma, Director of Gaupalan Department, said here on Friday. The government...
More »As monsoon pauses down south, IMD tells farmers to hold cultivation -Nikita Mehta and Prashant K Nanda
-Livemint.com IMD has advised farmers in interior Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha not to begin sowing as the soil is heated and the seeds require rainfall New Delhi: With the progress of the monsoon slowing over Karnataka, India Meteorological Department(IMD) has advised farmers in Maharashtra to Postpone sowing seeds until the rains reach the state in the next four to five days. “The Konkan region is getting pre-monsoon rains and will soon get monsoon...
More »People seek answers from district admin for food security lapses
-GovernanceNow.com A report on public hearing at in Gumla of Jharkhand Jharkhand has reached a make-or-break point in the battle against hunger. For the first time, the National Food Security Act (NFSA) makes it possible to ensure that no one sleeps on an empty stomach. Many people, however, are still struggling to secure their entitlements under the Act. By way of reality check, a careful survey of NFSA was recently completed...
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