-The New Indian Express THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Animal Husbandry Department would launch a scheme for the conservation of threatened indigenous livestock breeds of the state, following sanctioning of funds for the same. The government accorded administrative sanction as per the request of Director of Animal Husbandry for the conservation of indigenous breeds like Attappady black goat nucleus flock, Kasaragod dwarf, Vechoor Kerala and the like. The Union Government had released an amount of...
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Education in India: A Note on Some Key Constraints-Praveen Jha and Pooja Parvati
-Economic and Political Weekly The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 promises free and compulsory education to all children in the age group of 6-14 years. But the way this critical entitlement is being implemented leaves much to be desired. Apart from there being glaring gaps in the provisions of the Act, its implementation challenges have plagued the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, the programme that is aimed at...
More »Tobacco use accounts for 40 per cent of all cancers in India, says report-R Prasad
-The Times of India "Number of deaths may shoot up to 1.2 million by 2035" Every year nearly one million new cancer cases are diagnosed in India, the prevalence being 2.5 million. With mortalities of 6,00,000-7,00,000 a year, cancer causes six per cent of all adult deaths in the country. The number of deaths per year is projected to shoot up to 1.2 million by 2035, according to a series of papers published...
More »How candidates cook books to spend crores over Election Commission limit
-The Times of India Elections, it is said, are about spending big. This despite repeated poll panel efforts to curb candidate expenses. The EC rule book is clear: Each candidate is entitled to spend a maximum of Rs 70 lakh and it is mandatory for the nominee to file daily expenses. On the ground, a different story plays out and contestants find ways to beat the book. Politicians begin spending the day...
More »Sustaining farm sector growth amid fall in water availability -Kunal Bose
-The Business Standard Had late winter rains not damaged some standing crops in northern states, India would have had record foodgrain production of 263 million tonnes (mt) in 2013-14. Whatever the loss of rabi crops, the good southwest monsoon allowed India to record the targeted growth of four per cent in production. However, a good season should not distract us from the reality of the farm sector's vulnerability to major shocks...
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