-The Hindu Business Line “Join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), but do not ignore your internal market and demand. Ninety per cent of our bad export story is domestic challenges, 10 per cent is external environment or external policy,” says Economist Surjit S Bhalla. Seventy-one-year old Bhalla has a tough task ahead — to make New Delhi’s voice louder at the international forums as he is set to take charge...
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After four deaths in relief camps, Tripura's Bru migrants ask 'Where is the Right to food?' -Debraj Deb
-The Indian Express Earlier on October 31, when the first casualty reports arrived, SDM Baidya said a local Primary Health Centre (PHC) pronounced the deaths were caused by ‘unknown diseases’. Kanchanpur: Thirty-four days back, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) stopped food and ration supplies for six Bru relief camps in Tripura’s North district as the ninth phase of repatriation of 32,000 migrants living here since last two decades commenced. But a...
More »It's time to move away from paddy-wheat cropping cycle to end air pollution
Air quality in North India in general and Delhi National Capital Region (Delhi NCR) in particular plunged to its lowest point in recent years during October-November thanks to a variety of factors. Through media reports one comes to know that stubble burning (also called paddy straw burning/ crop residue burning) is chiefly responsible for the public health crisis in India's capital and its nearby regions. Data accessed from the website...
More »Starvation deaths continue to occur in UP -Abdul Alim Jafri
-Newsclick.in This is the 11th death due to starvation in Uttar Pradesh in two months. A 60-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district allegedly died of starvation on Thursday night. The shocking revelation came when autopsy was conducted, and the cause of death turned out to be malnutrition and starvation. The deceased was identified as Balram. Balram's family alleged that they did not have even a grain of food at home during the past...
More »Where are the PDS beneficiaries? Rajasthan government is looking for answers -Rakesh Goswami
-Hindustan Times In last 12 months, 3 million people in Rajasthan haven’t turn up to claim ration from Fair Price Shops for two months in a row Jaipur: Rajasthan government is looking for answers. Its food department has begun an exercise to look for those people eligible for procuring food grains from fair price shops (FPSs) but have not turned up for two consecutive months. In last 12 months, around three million people...
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