Recent studies and media reports have confirmed that Indian farmers are facing non-remunerative and sometimes falling prices. A past news alert by the Inclusive Media for Change team indicated deflation in wholesale prices of 8 kharif crops (viz. maize, arhar, moong, urad, groundnut, soybean, sunflower seed and Niger seed) on average between 2016-17 and 2018-19. Based on data analysis, that news alert also demonstrated how the rural areas have witnessed...
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Election Commission: no names removed based on draft NRC
-The Hindu SC wants list of names included in Assam rolls from 2017 The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday assured the Supreme Court that names have not been deleted from the Assam electoral roll on the basis of their exclusion from the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC), which was published in July last year. However, a Bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi was not satisfied. “But a question looms large...
More »Analysis: What the Congress wants and the BJP doesn't -- a focus on demonetisation -Varghese K George
-The Hindu Unlike surgical strikes and raids in Pakistan, the proof of the impact of demonetisation is evident. Prime Minister Narendra Modi often speaks of his ‘bold decisions’ but he rarely publicises the boldest of all his decisions in this entire career — demonetisation. The abrupt announcement on November 8, 2016 to invalidate currency notes of ?500 and ?1000 was indeed decisive. But during this campaign, that is unlikely to be the...
More »Aravallis in Faridabad deemed forest, rules NGT
-The Hindu Plea against nod for felling of trees New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held that Aravallis in Faridabad district will be considered as deemed forest. The NGT was hearing a plea against the Haryana government permitting felling of more than 7,000 trees for a group housing project, to be undertaken by Bharti Land Limited. A Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said, “It is difficult to uphold...
More »In Rajasthan, 10 lakh farmers identified for loans in next crop cycle -Mohammed Iqbal
-The Hindu The farm loans will be disbursed in two stages during the next crop cycle of kharif season from April 1 to August 31 and rabi season from September 1 to March 31 Jaipur: The Congress government in Rajasthan has identified a whopping 10 lakh farmers for grant of loans through cooperative banks during the next crop cycle, amid allegations by the Opposition BJP that its "populist measure" of farm-loan waiver...
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