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Reviving Universal PDS: A Step Towards Food Security by Suranjita Ray

An unprecedented economic growth during the last decade has also seen increasing malnutrition, hunger and starvation amongst certain sections of society. India ranks 66 in the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO’s) World Hunger Index of 88 countries (Inter-national Food Policy Research Institute). More than 200 million people in this country are denied the right to food. One-third of all underweight children (57 million) in the world due to lack of...

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Trooper teacher in Saranda class by Kumud Jenamani

Blackboard 2002: A for attack; B for bomb; C for cops… Blackboard 2012: A for Apple; B for ball; C for cat… Jamshedpur, Nov. 20: More than 500 students in some 15 primary and middle schools in forest villages of a reclaimed Saranda in West Singhbhum are looking forward to a paradigm shift in their ABCs of academic life, courtesy the CRPF. The central paramilitary force has taken up the daunting task of...

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Chandrasekhar Sahu, Agriculture Minister of Chhattisgarh interviewed by Jyotika Sood

Chandrasekhar Sahu, agriculture minister of Chhattisgarh, is passionate about making farming a viable proposition for farmers. He has written several books on the subject and is a frequent contributor to environmental journals. Talking to Jyotika Sood, he says the challenges in a state where 80 per cent of the population depends on agriculture are tremendous. He plans a separate agriculture budget and wants organic farming to be a cornerstone of...

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Scanning 2.4 Billion Eyes, India Tries to Connect Poor to Growth by Lydia Polgreen

Ankaji Bhai Gangar, a 49-year-old subsistence farmer, stood in line in this remote village until, for the first time in his life, he squinted into the soft glow of a computer screen. His name, year of birth and address were recorded. A worker guided Mr. Gangar’s rough fingers to the glowing green surface of a scanner to record his fingerprints. He peered into an iris scanner shaped like binoculars that...

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Chinese Apples takes sheen of Himachal’s

-The Indian Express   More than a month after senior Congress leader Vidya Stokes raised her concerns about Apples from the state receiving a severe beating in Indian markets, following bulk imports from foreign countries, especially China, Horticulture Minister Narinder Bragta admitted that China has dumped its Apples at some ports, including Kolkata and Mumbai. Its arrival at the time when the home produce has just hit the market has created an...

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