-PTI The CPI today welcomed Mamata Banerjee Government's decision to return land to unwilling farmers in Singur and said it was improper for the CPI(M) to acquire farmland for the Tata project. "The decision of returning land to the unwilling farmers of Singur is good. We are always against taking agricultural land and there is no objection in returning the land," CPI General Secretary AB Bardhan said. Criticising the CPI(M) for acquiring...
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Food Security: Messy Jam, But Here’s a Map by Ashok Gulati
Ensuring food security to all is one of India’s top policy agendas today. Given a large mass of poverty in the country, it is not surprising and no one would perhaps disagree with the need to achieve this as soon as possible. But the varied policy instruments that can be used towards achieving this goal draw sharp differences among the stakeholders. What is food security? The World Food Summit of 1996...
More »Jean Dreze asks Sonia not to extend his NAC membership
-The Times of India National Advisory Council member and economist Jean Dreze has written to chairperson Sonia Gandhi requesting that he should not be considered for membership again after his one-year term finishes. Dreze, a vocal critic of the UPA leadership's views on the proposed Food Security Bill, is seen as one of the key architects of the social security programme that has led to a public battle between the...
More »NAC sticks to its stand, finalises draft food security bill by Nitin Sethi
The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council stood its ground on Wednesday and gave the go-ahead to an expansive Food Security Bill. Not relenting to the position the Prime Minister's Office and the Planning Commission had taken against a bill that could lead to a surge in subsidy, the NAC finalized the draft along the lines of the framework it had made public earlier. The government was expected to table its...
More »Civil society's comments outrageous: Left parties
-The Hindu The Left parties on Thursday took on the Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev-led civil society representatives for their comments that sought to undermine parliamentary democracy. “Absolutely outrageous comments by some of the civil society leaders are being heard.... questioning the right of the MLAs and MPs to represent the vast millions of Indians. This is nothing else but showing contempt for our parliamentary democracy and also seeking to undermine...
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