-The Hindu Appachi eco-logic cotton project is a unique organic cotton contract farm model in the Western Ghats region of Kabini Reservoir. The project covers nearly 1,200 farmers spread over 1,875 acres. Over 17 per cent of the area comes under reserve forests of both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and exposing the cultivation fields to wild animal attacks is forcing farmers to start cotton cultivation on a mono cropping basis instead of...
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WTO rules must address food security needs of developing countries –UN expert
-The United Nations A United Nations independent rights expert called today for policy changes that will allow developing countries the freedom to use their reserves to help secure the right to food without the threat of sanctions under current World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. "Trade rules must be shaped around the food security policies that developing countries need, rather than policies having to tiptoe around WTO rules," said Olivier De Schutter, Special...
More »Delhi assembly polls: parties talk big but keep women out; rich candidates in abundance
-The Hindustan Times New Delhi: Campaigning for the December 4 assembly elections in Delhi ended on Monday with around 25 rallies and Road shows being organised in the capital. The public engagement programmers included those by BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal. While the national capital was plastered with posters promising safety to women and the issue figures big in party...
More »Opportunism of pre-poll surveys-Anup Kumar
-The Hoot Survey methodology is good at explaining correlations between past and existing attitudes, but is poor at predicting future behaviour. And surveys can end up making the elections sound like a horse race, says ANUP KUMAR A controversy has been brewing over banning pre-poll surveys in India. The issue is worthy of a serious discussion - especially when it comes to transparency in methodology and the relevance of pre-poll surveys...
More »Denied wages for two years under MGNREGA, workers compensated -Girija Shivakumar
-The Hindu A total of Rs. 5.17 lakhs paid as compensation to 91 workers Workers who have been denied wages for over two years under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act were awarded compensation of Rs. 2,000 each in a landmark order passed by the Jharkhand Labour Commission in Murhigram panchayat, Khunti block. According to the MGNREGA Sahayata Kendra which pioneered the move, on Tuesday, a total of 91 workers were...
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