The Central budget of 2010-11 is a further step in the realisation of a vision of India vibrant with the income, wealth, saving, education and the entrepreneurial energy of the top 5-10 per cent of the population and the rest of Indians, serving that minority and surviving as barely literate, malnourished multitude. With the accession of Rajiv Gandhi to power, a vision began to germinate. That vision was that of...
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Development package still eludes Kambalapalli victims by KV Subramanya and Vishwa Kundapura
Even a decade after the horrific episode in which seven Dalits were burnt alive by “caste” Hindus in Kambalapalli village of Chintamani taluk in the then undivided Kolar district, 66 families of the victims are still struggling to lead a dignified life. The State Government, which relocated the 66 Dalit families at a new hamlet called Mini-Kambalapalli on the outskirts of Chintamani town, has not made good on its promises of...
More »Livestock rearing — key to poverty reduction strategies by Gavin Wall
From equity and livelihood perspectives, livestock rearing must be at the centre stage of poverty alleviation programmes. Livestock rearing is a key livelihood and risk mitigation strategy for small and marginal farmers, particularly across the rain-fed regions of India. Livestock products comprised 32 per cent of the total value of agriculture and allied activities in 2006-07 which was a noticeable increase from 27 per cent in 1999-2000 and from 1980-81...
More »Sericulture cluster to come up at Berigai by R Arivanantham
A sericulture cluster will be established at Berigai, near Hosur, with assistance from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). NABARD will give Rs. 46.94 lakh to the project - Rs. 36.14 lakh as grant and Rs. 10.80 lakh as soft loan. The concept of the project is “soil to silk”. This is the first sericulture cluster project in the state sanctioned by NABARD. The project would be implemented...
More »Prof. Prabhat Patnaik (JNU) interviewed by Pragya Singh
The economist and political commentator who was appointed to a four-member team of the UN to recommend reforms to the global financial system critiques Budget 2010 Economist and political commentator Prabhat Patnaik, currently vice-chair of the Kerala Planning Board, is a strong critic of the government’s economic policies. In 2008, Patnaik, who has taught at JNU since the 1970s, was appointed to a four-member team of the UN to recommend...
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