-The Hindu Bangalore: In one of the biggest cattle deaths due to foot and mouth disease in the State, the outbreak in southern districts has claimed 730 head of cattle so far this month. Negligence on the part of farmers to get the cattle vaccinated and also delay in starting the seasonal vaccination is said to have contributed to the outbreak even as the officials suspect that a new strain of the...
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Doing a number on FSB-Ashok Kotwal, Milind Murugkar and Bharat Ramaswami
-The Financial Express In an article published in this newspaper on September 4, 2013, Surjit Bhalla takes us to task for critiquing his earlier estimates of the cost of the Food Security Bill. Bhalla asserted that subsidy expenditures would more than triple and the FSB would cost the government R3,14,000 crore annually or 3% of GDP. We argued that Bhalla was barking up the wrong tree and that the main things...
More »Aadhaar let down: SC observations on UID may be unwarranted, but a flippant government approach hasn't helped
-The Times of India Aadhaar, the 12-digit unique identification number issued to individuals, is an ambitious attempt to marry advances in technology to governance. If Aadhaar works, the state's capacity to deliver public services efficiently will increase significantly. Today, however, its efficacy stands undermined on account of the flippant attitude of the Centre and the Supreme Court's decision to venture into an area that is best left to the government. A Supreme...
More »In the relief camps of Muzaffarnagar and Shamli
-Kafila.org A Preliminary Citizens' Report September 20, 2013 A. On September 17-18, 2013, an 11 member team consisting of both independent activists as well as activists affiliated with 5 organizations based in Lucknow, Chitrakoot, Muzaffarnagar and Delhi visited relief camps in two affected districts of Muzaffarnagar (3 Relief Camps - Madrasa camp at Bassi Kalan, Madrasa camp at Tawli and camp at Haji Aala's house, Shahpur) and Shamli (3 Relief Camps -...
More »Veerappa Moily proposes 'Bus Day' once a week
-IANS NEW DELHI: As part of its efforts to conserve fuel, the union government proposes to declare one day in a week as " Bus Day" when all employees will use public transport, petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said. "One day in a week is to be declared as 'Bus Day' as part of the petroleum ministry's mega fuel conservation campaign," Moily told media persons here. "I have also urged all...
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