-The New Indian Express BHUBANESWAR: It seems to be raining misery on Odisha’s farmers this year. Already reeling under the burden of drought and pest attack, the damage to crop caused by unseasonal rain has now added to their woes.The Special Relief Commissioner (SRC)’s office on Monday calculated that at least 3,84,018 hectare crop area under cultivation have suffered damage above 33 per cent Due to rains. At least, 12.49 lakh...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 9078
Puri defies economists, says Delhi metro woes not Due to fares -Jasmine Shah
-The Indian Express DMRC and Union minister for urban development Hardeep Singh Puri are right that the daily ridership of Delhi metro hasn’t declined by 3 lakhs Due to fare hike. It has declined by 4.8 lakhs. Economists are frequent targets of ridicule by politicians for failing to predict crises or having vastly differing opinions of major economic events (e.g. demonetisation). But all economists agree on one fundamental tenet — demand reduces...
More »Should Rajasthan's Open Prisons Be Replicated Across the Country? -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in A new report has recommended extending the scheme to all women, aged and infirm undertrials, claiming that it has many social and economic benefits for both the state and the inmates. A study on open prisons and parole practices in Rajasthan suggests that the “successful system,” operational in the state since 1955, be emulated across the country. The study, initiated by the Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority (RSLSA) and Rajasthan high court...
More »This village knows how to feed its hungry babies -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India An NGO in Chhattisgarh is addressing the urgent deficit in nutrition by providing three meals a day to children under three along with daycare Sumita Dhruv's life revolves around rice — sowing, irrigating, and harvesting it. And yet very little of it reaches her two-year-old daughter Shristi. Like most children in the village of Baigahara, 50 km from Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, Shristi was born underweight. Her eyes were...
More »Why India continues to use lethal pesticides -Sonam Taneja
-Down to Earth Death of cotton farmers Due to pesticide poisoning in the Vidarbha region raises vital questions about the government's attitude towards regulation of toxic pesticides One more evil has reared its ugly head in Maharashtra’s arid Vidarbha region, which has so far been infamous for farmer suicides. Some 35 farmers in the region have died of pesticide poisoning in last four months. Most of them were working in cotton and...
More »
