-TheWire.in As per the final tally as on November 30, total burning cases in the state was 49,922 against 71,304 cases in 2021, meaning that there was an almost 30% drop in cases. Chandigarh: A report by the Indian Agriculture Research Institute, an institute under the Union agriculture and farmers’ welfare ministry has it that Punjab has reported 21,382 fewer stubble burning cases this year compared to last year. The satellite monitoring of...
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Instead of Withdrawing Food Security, a Minimum Income Guarantee Is Needed -Santosh Mehrotra, Anjana Rajagopalan and Rakesh Ranjan
-TheWire.in A Minimum Income Guarantee would not just cushion exogenous shocks, but would arrest the process of vulnerability begetting vulnerability. While the worst of the pandemic is behind us, there has been a decline in general purchasing power amidst inflation. The provisional Consumer Food Price Index (combined for rural and urban) for September 2022 is pegged at 8.6%, a huge increase from 0.68% for September 2021. The latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)...
More »Bundelkhand: Farmers Protest Against DAP Shortage Amid Peak Rabi Season -Abdul Alim Jafri
-Newsclick.in "If adequate supply is not ensured at the earliest, our protest will continue like this,” Vimal Sharma, president of Bundelkhand Kisan Union told NewsClick. Lucknow: A group of farmers affiliated to the Bundelkhand Kisan Union on Friday held a Kisan Samridhhi Padyatra in Mahoba, Banda and Chitrakoot against an alleged inadequate supply of di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertiliser. The protest comes after farmers were seen waiting in long queues in the Bundelkhand...
More »‘Untrue’ tag on govt's genetically-modified crop claim -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph The farmer groups and activists campaigning against GM crops also said government scientists had violated the Centre’s undertaking to the court by planting GM mustard in Bharatpur, Kanpur, Jhansi, Ludhiana, Sriganganagar, and Varanasi earlier this month New Delhi: Sections of farmers, activists, and scientists on Monday accused the Centre of misleading the Supreme Court by claiming that genetically-modified mustard is not herbicide-tolerant and that it will help reduce the country’s...
More »World has waited far too long for this: India on compensation fund approved at UN climate talk
-PTI/ The Telegraph Developing countries need independence in their choice of energy mix, and in achieving the sustainable development goals, says environment minister India on Sunday called as historic the UN climate summit in Egypt for securing an agreement on establishing a fund to address loss and damage due to climate change-induced disasters, saying "the world has waited far too long for this". Making an intervention in the closing plenary of COP27, Union...
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