-Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies World-renowned journalist P. Sainath has returned to Princeton to teach two courses, beginning this week, in the Program for South Asian Studies. The former rural affairs editor of The Hindu and award-winning "reporter" - he prefers the term to journalist - has devoted his career to telling the stories of India, uncovering the truth of social problems, rural affairs, poverty and the aftermath of...

-Frontline   The BJP-LED NDA government has, in the two Budgets it has presented so far, reveaLED itself to be very different from the pro-farmer image that its leading election campaigner and now Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, projected. THE Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha election states: "Agriculture is the engine of India's economic growth and the largest employer, and BJP commits highest priority to agriculture growth, increases in...

-Livemint.com Farming community is bracing itself for income loss due to lower productivity from last year's deficient rainfall as well as lower price realization in the market Last month's untimely rains have only added to the long list of problems that the Indian farmer faces. Declining global and domestic prices have already LED to a crisis in the agricultural sector. The farming community is bracing itself for income loss due to lower...

-The Times of India GANDHINAGAR: The Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India report tabLED in the state assembly on Tuesday raised several question marks on the much-famed Gujarat Model. The report tore apart the tall claims of the state government LED by former chief minister Narendra Modi on agricultural growth, social indicators and spent on social infrastructure, fiscal discipline, right to education, and law and order situation. The report observed that Gujarat's...

-The Hindu New Delhi: In a move that spells relief for an estimated 40 lakh residents staying in unauthorised colonies and also that would deliver on a promise made by successive governments, but ever fulfilLED, the Delhi Government on Tuesday set the ball rolling on regularisation of such colonies. Residents of 1,650 such colonies can apply for the registration of their respective properties soon. "In a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal...