-TheWire.in Sometimes, the more newspapers write on a subject, the more obscure it becomes, especially if it comes dressed in apocalyptic fervour. On August 26, most media reports on the just released Census 2011 data on ‘population by religious community’ could easily have been mistaken for a present-day stock market update: Hindus slide from 80.5 % to 79.8 %; Muslims climb from 13.4 % to 14.2 %, showing the highest surge...
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What drought means to a Marathwada farmer? -Kavitha Iyer
-The Indian Express The big question in the minds of everyone who can recall is: Will 2015 for Marathwada Turn out worse than the worst-ever drought of 1972? Parbhani (Maharashtra): Sadashiv Kathurappa Gajmal, 44, has long stopped introducing himself as a farmer. “I am a labourer,” says this father of four and owner of 2.5 acres of land in Charthana village of Parbhani’s JinTur taluka. Unfortunately, he has had little or no...
More »Punjab farmers show how to Turn agri waste into bioenergy -Chetan Chauhan
-Hindustan Times Farmers like Amolak Singh in the farm rich state of Punjab are making money and also helping clean the air in cities like Chandigarh and Delhi by selling agriculTural waste to generate bioenergy. Every year in November, farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan burn agriculTural waste which leads to rise in air pollution levels in the national capital and neighbouring cities, home for over 2.5 crore people. Things have changed as...
More »WTO panel rules against India in solar dispute -D Ravi Kanth, Asit Ranjan Mishra & Utpal Bhaskar
-Livemint.com Govt likely to appeal ruling that requires it to offer level playing field to domestic and foreign manufacTurers Geneva/New Delhi: A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has ruled against India in a dispute raised by the US over the country’s solar power programme, requiring the government to offer a level playing field to both foreign and domestic manufacTurers of solar panels. India is likely to appeal against the dispute settlement panel’s ruling,...
More »Govt climbdown: Fresh land ordinance minus key amendments likely by month-end
-The Indian Express Sources said the fresh ordinance was likely to be in sync with the report set to be presented by the parliamentary panel. With the NDA government’s Land Acquisition (Amendment) Ordinance set to lapse on August 31, the government is likely to issue a fresh ordinance in order to accommodate the 13 legislations excluded under the 2013 law, while dropping a majority of key amendments brought in through its earlier...
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