-Down to Earth The country had 1,800 arsenic-affected habitations in 2015. This increased to 4,421 as on September 17 The number of arsenic-affected habitations in the country increased by 145 per cent in the last five years, according to data shared with the Parliament September 18, 2020. The country had 1,800 arsenic-affected habitations in 2015. This increased to 4,421 as on September 17, 2020, according to a reply given to Lok Sabha by...
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Agri Reforms: Farmers Protest, Modi Says Leaders' Versions Are Misleading. What’s the Truth? -Kabir Agarwal
-TheWire.in Farmers fear that the MSP regime will fall by the wayside and want it to be made a legal right. On Friday, PRIme Minister Narendra Modi appealed to farmers across the country to ‘beware’ and not get swayed by ‘misinformation’ that they will not get fair PRIces for their crops. Over the last few weeks, farmers – largely in the states of Haryana and Punjab – have been protesting three agriculture ordinances...
More »Reject this inequitable climate proposal -T Jayaraman and Tejal Kanitkar
-The Hindu The UN Secretary General’s recent advice to India amounts to asking for its virtual de-industrialisation and stagnation The UN Secretary General António Guterres’s call for India to give up coal immediately and reduce emissions by 45% by 2030 is a call to de-industrialise the country and abandon the population to a permanent low-development trap. Piling on the pressure In an extraordinary move in climate diplomacy, Mr. Guterres, delivering the Darbari Seth Memorial...
More »On PM Modi's birthday, students fry pakodas, polish shoes to protest unemployment -Satyajeet Kumar
-IndiaToday.in NSUI, AISA and other student organisations held demonstrations to pull attention towards unemployment on the occassion of PRIme Minister Narendra Modi's 70th birthday. Ranchi: NSUI and AISA along with other student organisations celebrated PRIme Minister Narendra Modi's 70th birthday in a way so as to pull the country's attention towards the issue of unemployment. The NSUI alleges that the unemployment menace has not only afflicted pain to youngsters but has also shattered...
More »Unpaid dues to cane farmers over Rs 15,000 crore: Govt -Shagun Kapil
-Down to Earth Sugar PRIces had remained depressed, which had affected the liquidity of sugar mills, a govt reply said While the new sugar-crushing season is set to begin from October, the outstanding payment dues to sugarcane farmers across the country stand at Rs 15,683 crore as on September 11, according to a reply given to a question in Parliament on September 15, 2020. Of this, Rs 12,994 crore pertains to crop procured...
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