-The Hindu The amount is tax share of last 10 years The Centre owes over Rs. 81,000 crore to States as tax shares of last 10 years, according to a finding by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. According to details of communication between the CAG and the Finance Ministry, between 1996-97 and 2014-15, the Centre has failed to devolve to States Rs. 81,647.70 crore. Just in 2006-07 the Centre did not disburse...
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India largest producer, consumer, importer of pulses. Here’s how we can be self-sufficient -Shyam Khadka
-The Financial Express On December 21, 2013, the General Assembly of the United Nations voted to proclaim 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (IYP). On December 21, 2013, the General Assembly of the United Nations voted to proclaim 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (IYP). It followed unanimous votes in favour of declaring IYP 2016 by the Food and AgriculTure Organisation (FAO) in April and June 2013. An International...
More »When rights dry up in the drought -Jayant Sriram
-The Hindu Swaraj Abhiyan is seeking to create awareness of the SC judgment and citizen’s entitlements. LaTur: It’s a quarter past seven in the morning in the small village of Khandapur in LaTur district. In the small window of time before the pleasant morning sun Turns into unforgiving heat, a small group of people are gathered in a street next to the gram panchayat office. A group of volunteers from the Yogendra Yadav-led...
More »Chickpeas fuTures trading may face ban
-The Hindu States asked to exempt pulses from Value Added Tax and other local levies to control prices The government is considering banning fuTures trading in chana dal (brown chickpeas) and reducing import duty on sugar as part of its efforts to rein in inflation, according to a top official. Higher food prices, led by pulses and sugar, pushed wholesale price inflation into positive territory in April after 17 months of decline while...
More »Cropping patterns: Game pulses, match sugarcane -Partha Sarathi Biswas
-The Indian Express Why pulses aren’t the first choice of Marathwada’s farmers despite higher prices this time. LaTur: About two years ago, Guruling Modi took 10 quintals of Tur (pigeon-pea), a crop he had grown for the first time on his two-acre holding, to the market yard at LaTur. “I got a price of just Rs 4,200 per quintal, despite my produce being of the best quality. After expenses of Rs 35,000...
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