-The New Indian Express The ongoing standoff between the Centre and farm bodies, if not resolved soon, may impinge on the economy, which is already struggling to get on a growth trajectory amid the COVID-19 pandemic. NEW DELHI: The week-long farmers’ agitation that has caused supply chain and logistics disruption in several parts of the country is resulting in a daily loss of Rs 3,000-3500 crore, according to estimates from Assocham. The ongoing...
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More migrants returning to Bangladesh, shows BSF data -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu Till December this year, 3,173 persons were caught leaving against 1,115 entering In the past four years, nearly twice the number of illegal Bangladeshi migrants were caught leaving the country compared to those coming in illegally, according to data available with the Border SECurity Force (BSF) and the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) shows. Till December 14 this year, as many as 3,173 illegal migrants were apprehended by the BSF when...
More »The only option: farmers' protest -Jaideep Hardikar
-The Telegraph HINTERLAND: Our structural problem — small and marginal rain-fed sustenance farms, over 80 per cent of India’s agriculture SECtor — remains unaddressed Let’s understand the chronology: before the 2014 general elections, Narendra Modi promised farmers that he would comply with the Swaminathan Commission formula to arrive at a minimum support price for farm produce: a 50 per cent profit over the production cost. Post elections, he reneged on the promise...
More »Criminal leaders rise during mining booms -Tauseef Shahidi
-Livemint.com A new study from India links the rise in mineral prices to the electoral success of politicians with violent crime records The mining SECtor in India has earned a bad name for itself due to its frequent links with corruption and crime. Bribes are often given away for licences and approvals, and whistleblowers risk violence. A new study has found that a boom in the mining SECtor can even be linked...
More »The Landless women: Only 12.9% Indian women hold agricultural land -Aditi Phadnis & IndiaSpend
-Business Standard/ India Spend The index ranks states in terms of women holding land rights in percentage points Look hard. Do you see any woman among the protesting farmers? The reason is simple — Women hardly own agricultural land. Lakshadweep and Meghalaya are the best among all the 35 states and Union Territories at providing land rights to women; Punjab and West Bengal are the worst, according to an index created by the...
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