-The Indian Express Ban on Rs 500, Rs 1000 notes deals with stocks of black money. But push to a cashless economy is premature. The sudden and dramatic announcement by the prime minister banning Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes issued by the Reserve Bank of India has a number of objectives. Among them are tackling counterfeit notes, curbing black money and restricting finance for subversive activities. While progress will be made by...
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Agriculture and Pollution: Tackling a burning problem with technology -Divya Goyal & Anju Agnihotri Chaba
-The Indian Express The poor adoption of a machine that can help avoid paddy stubble burning is an example of policy failure. Jalandhar/ Ludhiana: There is virtual unanimity — at least among scientists and aware farmers — that the ultimate solution to the recurrent problem of paddy stubble burning at this time of the year lies in the ‘Happy Seeder’ developed by the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in 2002. But more than...
More »Demonetization: Witless and Anti-People -Prabhat Patnaik
-TheCitizen.in NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi went on national television at 8 p.m. on November 8 to announce that from midnight of that very date, i.e. in a mere four hours’ time, 500 and 1000 rupee notes would cease to be legal-tender. The justification advanced for this bizarre move was that it would strike at “black money”. An additional argument was thrown in, to the effect that fake currency notes used by “terrorists”...
More »To breathe fresh air, opt for better agricultural technology
Delhi's air is not fit to inhale. Experts argue that prolonged exposure to toxic air could lead to serious health hazards like heart and lung diseases, various types of cancer etc. But is it the case that the smog, which engulfed the entire National Capital Region (NCR) and many of the north Indian cities during October-November was entirely caused due to burning of firecrackers in Diwali or because of vehicular...
More »Farmers urged to decompose crop residue, not burn -Kanwardeep Singh
-The Times of India Shahjahanpur: As smog engulfed northern parts of India causing respiratory diseases and burning of eyes, experts from the sugarcane research centre in Shahjahanpur has appealed to farmers to use fungus cultured Organo decomposer (OD) instead of burning crop residue. Burning of crop residue is one of the many reasons that have contributed to the recent blanket of smog in large parts of north India, including western UP....
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