-TheWire.in In the face of a surplus of cereals and ever-dwindling prices as a consequence, farmers with small and medium sized land holdings have tried to shift to the cultivation of perishable fruits and vegetables. Their incomes, however, are still hamstrung by a lack of rural cold storage facilities in the country. The farmers of India have won an epic victory. For 15 months, they braved the biting cold, cruel heat, misrepresentation,...
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Home truths on climate change -Brinda Karat
-The Hindu There is a gap between what the goverment says on the international stage and what it does at home At the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the developed countries, which continue to be the most responsible for the destruction of the biosphere, resorted to their usual tactics of bullying the less developed world to accept higher targets for...
More »Black money: No estimate of amount stashed in foreign accounts for last 5 years, Centre tells RS
-Scroll.in The Centre said that 648 disclosures about foreign assets worth Rs 4,164 crore were made during a one-time compliance window in September 2015. There is no official estimate on the amount of black money stashed in foreign accounts for last five years, the Union government told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary made the statement in a written reply to a question by Samajwadi Party MPs...
More »Mainstreaming climate resilience through MGNREGS: Learning from Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvannamalai -Nambi Appadurai and Sowmithri VR
-Down to Earth Blog The district set a record for creating 1,121 farm ponds in 30 days in September 2021, in line with the recently launched state climate mission In September 2021, Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvannamalai district set a record for creating 1,121 farm ponds in 30 days by leveraging the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The initiative’s aim was to ensure adequate water for agricultural and domestic purposes throughout the...
More »Over 8 Lakh Indians Gave Up Citizenship In Last 7 Years: Minister In Lok Sabha
-ANI/ NDTV.com According to the data tabled in the Lower House, a total of 1,11,287 Indians renounced their citizenship in 2021 till September 30. New Delhi: A total 8,81,254 Indian citizens renounced their citizenship in the last seven years till September 30, 2021 as per information available with the Ministry of External Affairs, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday. According to the data tabled in the...
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