Farmers and leaders in Bhavnagar district flocked in hundreds to protest nuclear-based power plant at Mithivirdi in Jasapara village. Farmers are protesting against setting up of a N-power plant in the area as it would destroy their fertile land. Gram Swaraj Manch and politicians of all major parties have given their support to the campaign. Farmers from Mahuva, Mithivirdi, Jasapara, Khadarpar, Mandva and surrounding villages participated in the meet which...
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Planning Commission's definition of BPL a mockery: CPI(M)
-The Hindu The CPI(Marxist) on Thursday described the Planning Commission's definition of BPL as “a mockery and a fraud” and found fault with the UPA government for not being able to deliver on its two-year-old promise of food security legislation. In an editorial in the latest edition of the party organ People's Democracy, the party referred to the ongoing proceedings on a PIL before the Supreme Court, regarding the Planning Commission's...
More »NAC members protest against plan panel's move for new poverty line by Nitin Sethi
A spoon, 25 grams of dal, half a slice of bread, some washing powder and a torn piece of kurta, in total worth Rs 20. That is what three key National Advisory Council members -- Jean Dreze, Aruna Roy and Harsh Mander -- brought for the deputy chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Monday protesting against the Rs 20 per day person expenditure poverty line it has decided...
More »No Safety study undertaken on Jaitapur project: Justice Shah by Vinaya Deshpande
Lamenting the lack of public debate in India, the former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, A.P. Shah, said during the public hearing on the Safety, viability and cost efficiency of nuclear energy here on Saturday that the Jaitapur nuclear power project would be a catastrophe if all the Safety concerns were not addressed. Lamenting the lack of public debate in India, the former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, A.P....
More »Agreement with Areva SA for Jaitapur to be vetted by Cabinet
-The Hindu The terms of the final agreement with French company Areva SA for the Jaitapur nuclear plant in Maharashtra will be vetted by the Union Cabinet, a senior official said here on Sunday. “The terms for the final contract are ready from our end and they will be circulated among Ministers, soon after which it will be placed before the Cabinet for its approval,” Secretary to the Department of Atomic...
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