Experts at a discussion on "Two decades of economic reforms: The way forward", organized by CII, Bihar state centre, said the economic reforms had not lessened the urban-rural divide; hence rural people could not generate substantial demand in the economy, though the savings rate enhanced in the last two decades. Director, Asian Development Research Institute, P P Ghosh, said the savings rate had increased from 12% in 1951 to 35%...
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Food law likely to be delayed
-The Hindustan Times Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has said he fully supports the proposed food security legislation, but without the right strategies, it could cook up a food fiasco in the long-term. Pawar’s concerns — his ministry is responsible for ensuring farm output is enough to keep the legislation going — could put off the draft food security bill until the winter Parliament session, sources said. Even as the food ministry’s draft legislation...
More »Urban Poor can’t sell flats for 15 yrs by Atul Mathur
Economically weaker urban sections, entitled to get flats under the Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojana, will now not be able to sell their houses for at least 15 years after the allotment. Senior Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) officials have said they have worked out a plan to ensure that slum-dwellers who get subsidised houses under the scheme live in them. The Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojana is the urban counterpart of the...
More »Food security to create permanent wheat shortage by Nidhi Nath Srinivas
From next year, atta,bread,biscuits ,snacks and everything made from maida and sooji will become seriously more expensive. Even after a bumper crop, there just won't be enoughwheat for us. ET helps you join the dots. The trigger for wheat inflation that will hit each one of us is the Food Security Act, which kickstarts next year. The Food Corporation of India (FCI) will need substantially more wheat to supply three...
More »A relentless crusader by Sudha Umashanker
Ruth Manorama started her work with the Urban Poor in her youth; there has been no turning back ever since. She is the powerful voice of Dalit women today. Is it easy being a Dalit in India? And a woman at that? Have things changed for the better for the Dalits who constitute roughly 16.23 per cent of our population, since the Constitution of India “cast a special responsibility on the...
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