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It is obvious why farming is dying -Devinder Sharma

-The Hindustan Times   Chandigarh: The euphoria in the stock markets, after a strong mandate for Narendra Modi, hogs the national headlines. Unfortunately, the loud cries of wailing farm widows have been lost in the noise and clatter that follows. Isn't the continuing agrarian crisis the worst form of policy paralysis? There is a renewed spurt in the number of farm suicides across the country. My colleague Dr GV Ramanjaneyulu of the Centre for...

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The loud cries of farmers' widows have been lost in the din of the Narendra Modi coronation-Devinder Sharma

-DNA   In the midst of the euphoria in the capital markets, after a strong mandate for Narendra Modi, the loud cries of wailing farm widows have been lost in the noise and cacophony that followed. To my mind, this is the biggest policy paralysis that afflicts the country. So when I heard Modi speak at the Central Hall of Parliament the other day: "Ours will be a government that thinks, works and...

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First lot of rescue for road builders-Mansi Taneja

-The Business Standard NHAI approves Rs 6,000 cr of premium deferment for 9 projects, on basis of March guidelines In a major relief to road developers, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has approved deferment of premium worth Rs 6,000 crore for nine projects, including those of Larsen & Toubro and Reliance Infrastructure. The board of NHAI met on Friday and gave a final approval to the nine applications, said a senior...

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Farmers affected by Karur’s dye industry to exercise NOTA -M Suchitra

-Down to Earth Group has 1,750 farmers says pollution from industries has reduced them to poverty and political parties in power ignored their repeated pleas Ninety-five-year-old V Ammayappan is just back home from hospital after a kidney surgery. But this farmer from Melapalayam village in Tamil Nadu's Karur district is determined to cast his vote on April 24 when elections to Lok Sabha will be held in his state. He speaks with...

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Mining Bill lapses, sector avoids 'meltdown'

-The Business Standard The future of the Bill will be decided by the next government The United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) attempt to overhaul the 50-year legislation governing the corruption-ridden mining sector has fallen through with the new mining Bill lapsing. The Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation Bill had proposed sharing of miners' profits with the project-affected, among others, but with the Lok Sabha being dissolved, the Bill has lapsed. Many from the sector...

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