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Laying the ground

-The Hindu Business Line The Budget’s agriculture focus is welcome, but it could have done better A Budget with a purported focus on agriculture could not have come at a better time. There has been a sharp dip in agriculture output from a trend rate of growth of 4 per cent per annum in the period 2004-05 to 2011-12 to about 1.5 per cent in the next four years, which includes a...

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Economic Survey recommends using MGNREGA to revive Water Bodies -Jitendra

-Down to Earth Revival will lead to an increase in the net irrigation potential Noting that poor irrigation capacity is impacting agriculture during two consecutive drought years, Economic Survey 2015-16 has suggested utilising the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for efficient revival and maintenance of community assets such as tanks and other Water Bodies. The work will include desilting and repair of Water Bodies used for irrigation. According to...

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Chhattisgarh to survey Water Bodies in state for fish farming

-PTI Raipur: Chhattisgarh government will undertake a survey using remote sensing satellite technology for mapping the location of ponds, rivers and other Water Bodies to encourage fish farming in the state. "The state has sufficient number of ponds, Water Bodies and rivers to produce fish of any variety. Therefore, the government is carrying out remote sensing survey to identify location of these Water Bodies to use them for fish rearing," a government...

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For Bt’s sake, let’s have a strong watchdog -Yoginder K Alagh

-The Hindu Business Line The absence of a strong framework can hold up productivity improvements. But GEAC is better than having no regulator at all The clamour for the state to regulate (as against the powers of the legally mandated regulatory agency), field trials of bio-technology seeds for cotton and then mustard, is truly extraordinary. It has serious long-term consequences for the economy. The challenges to the Genetic Engineering Advisory Council’s powers to regulate the...

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Kejriwal government fails colonies awaiting a legal tag

-Hindustan Times New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after taking power in the Capital a year ago pledged support for people living in unauthorised colonies and slum clusters, adopting a strong stand against demolition of such structures without proper rehabilitation. But the Arvind Kejriwal-led government has failed to turn around the fortunes of the residents of these bustling neighbourhoods, many of them with no legal electricity or water supply. Analysts say lack...

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