-The Times of India Keeping the festive season in mind, the Manmohan Singh government, which is on a reforms-fiscal correction mode, hit the pause button on Monday, deferring a decision on scrapping subsidy on levy sugar under the public distribution system (PDS) quota. Removing the subsidy would have meant a steep hike in the price of the commodity to Rs 23 per kg from Rs 13.50/kg. The relief is expected to last...
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Oil PSUs: Decoding the math of loss or under-recovery and what it means-Avinash Celestine
-The Economic Times How right was the government when it stated that the under-recoveries posed a threat to 'our national economy'? Or when the government says that it gave more to the sector in the form of subsidies than it earned as fuel taxes? The government would also like you to believe that the under-recoveries, dependent as they are on the price of crude in the international market, and the exchange...
More »Oil blend that lowers high blood pressure
-The Telegraph A blend of rice bran Oil and sesame Oil appears to reduce high blood pressure nearly as well as does a common medication, a preliminary study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has suggested. The study has found that people with mild or moderately high blood pressure whose households switched to a blend of rice bran Oil and sesame Oil for two months showed significant improvements in blood...
More »Oil companies set to reduce petrol prices -Piyush Pandey
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Consumers may get some relief as Oil marketing companies (OMCs) plan to revise petrol prices downward due to falling international crude Oil prices and a strengthening rupee. The Indian basket of crude Oil fell to $106.74 on September 20 from $116 five days earlier, according to data published by the Oil ministry. The rupee, which hit a four-month-high of 53.47 on September 21, is expected to strengthen...
More »Myths about industrial agriculture -Vandana Shiva
-Al Jazeera Organic farming is the "only way to produce food" without harming the planet and people's health. Reports trying to create doubts about organic agriculture are suddenly flooding the media. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, people are fed up of the corporate assault of toxics and GMOs. Secondly, people are turning to organic agriculture and organic food as a way to end the toxic war against the earth and...
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