India has been striving to achieve 4% growth rate in farm output since the beginning of Ninth Five-Year Plan. However, actual growth rate has remained invariably lower than the targeted growth rate. Further, agriculture witnessed a sharp slowdown during mid-1990s to the middle of the first decade of 21st century. Annual growth rate in farm GDP declined to 2.4% a year during 1995-96 to 2004-05 from more than 3% in the...
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Twin gains from 2G verdict by MJ Antony
The power of judicial review envelopes natural resource distribution The tsunami created by the 2G spectrum judgments of the the Supreme Court last week has almost mopped up the ripples they made in the legal sphere. However, they deserve respectful consideration for their discussion on two hot issues that have been agitating public mind in recent years. The first is the nature and ownership of natural resources, like air waves and spectrum,...
More »Bureaucrats beware: Inept can be sacked after 15 years by Vishwa Mohan
Deadwood in the Indian bureaucracy will not be able to clog the government any longer. The Centre has notified a rule making it compulsory for IAS, IPS and officers from other all-India services to retire in "Public Interest" if they fail to clear a review after 15 years of service. Officers adjudged as inefficient and non-performing will be shown the door and even those who make the cut will need to...
More »Early axe for non-performing babus
-The Telegraph Non-performing babus can lose their jobs after 15 years — instead of 30 now — following a change in rules by the Centre. All officers of the All India Services, which include the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Foreign Service and the Indian Revenue Service among others, will be covered by the rules notified last week by the department of personnel and training after consultation with the states. Under...
More »Supreme Court issues notices on unethical drug trials by Ankur Paliwal
1,727 persons have died during drug trials between 2007 and 2010, says Public Interest petition The Supreme Court of India has issued notices to the Centre and the Madhya Pradesh government in connection with clinical drug trials being conducted across India. This follows a Public Interest petition filed by an Indore based non-profit, seeking the court's intervention to put a stop to unethical clinical trials. Reports of unethical trials conducted on...
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