-Livemint.com A high level committee submitted its report last month on reforming FCI and has suggested widespread changes in not only FCI, but also in NFSA Shanta Kumar is no stranger to the issues confronting the Food Corporation of India (FCI). His first brush with the issues of food security and hunger was in November 2000, when as a minister for food and consumer affairs during the first National Democratic Alliance (NDA)...
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Ban alcohol sale on highways: Supreme Court panel -Amit Choudhary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A Supreme Court appointed panel on road safety headed by its retired judge KS Radhakrishnan has recommended ban on sale of alcohol on state and national highways to curb cases of road accidents in which nearly 1.5 lakh die every year in the country. Pointing out a slew of deficiencies on the part of state governments in enforcing motor vehicles rule, the committee has directed the...
More »Constitute jaundice panel: HC -Lalmohan Patnaik
-The Telegraph Cuttack: Orissa High Court today directed the state government to constitute a high-level committee to check outbreak of jaundice in various parts of the state. The division bench of Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice S.C. Parija issued the direction on a PIL. Giribala Behera, councillor of ward No. 4 of the Cuttack Municipal Corporation, filed the petition seeking intervention for immediate measures to check spread of the outbreak in the...
More »Land rap on govt
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court today pulled up the government for engaging in endless litigation over land acquisitions, denying due compensation to farmers. "You have enacted the new land acquisition law for payment of compensation to farmers, but you don't pay the farmers for years. You (the defence ministry) spend Rs 100 crore for the Republic Day parade but when it comes to payment of compensation to the poor farmers,...
More »7,000 Christians faced threats in 2014, says Catholic body report -Sudipto Mondal
-The Hindustan Times Bengaluru: A report released by the Catholic Secular Forum has documented 120 attacks on Christians and their institutions across India in 2014. The report, which was made available to HT, lists five murders across India in little over a year. Madhya Pradesh (23) and Chhattisgarh (19), both BJP-ruled states, along with Congress-ruled Karnataka (14) account for nearly half of all incidents across India. Between December 2013 and December 2014, 7,000...
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