-The Economic Times KOLKATA: Eastern and North Eastern states, which grapple with acute storage deficit, will get a priority in fund allocation for setting up warehouses, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard ) said. States with food deficits like Jammu and Kashmir will also receive a priority treatment. The government has directed Nabard to treat these states favourably to cut farm losses amid implementation of the world's biggest population feeding...
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Women in the forefront of fighting climate change through the ‘gola’ -Ajitha Menon
-Women's Feature Service The ‘gola' or grain basket, built on elevated ground in Goyadham village in Sunderban's South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, is central to the food security of several households here. As Sofia Bibi, 45, says, "The grain is protected from the recurrent flooding and storms and we are ensured of a regular supply when there is no agricultural work during the months of September to November and March to...
More »Mega land acquisition by Bengal for coal blocks -Rohit Khanna & Suman Chakraborti
-The Times of India KOLKATA: The West Bengal Mineral Development & Trading Corporation Ltd will acquire around 2,800 hectares of land for three coal blocks in Burdwan, one of the largest land acquisitions by any state-run agency since Trinamool Congress came to power in Bengal in May 2011. The corporation-which has already been pulled up by the coal ministry for delay in the project's execution-needs to take 1186.83 hectares for the Ichhapur...
More »Patna tops cities in unemployment: Survey -Mahendra Singh
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Patna recorded the highest unemployment rate among males in 2009-10 in cities with more than one million population, while Bhopal witnessed the sharpest decline, a government survey showed. The survey by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) also showed the unemployment rate among women rose to 5.6% in 2009-10 from 4.3% in 2004-05 in cities. The unemployment rate among males remained stagnant at 3.4% in...
More »Lakhs battle misery as flood toll rises to 17 -Sandeep Mishra
-The Times of India BHUBANESWAR: Water levels in all major rivers in the state fell on Saturday, raising hopes of respite from the trail of misery that began exactly two weeks ago on October 12 when cyclone Phailin hit coastal Odisha. In the latest floods that have hit the state, seven more died on Saturday, taking the toll to 17 over the past three days. Two deaths each were reported from Bhadrak,...
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