-Livemint.com Government set to fight to remove curbs on future food programmes while negotiating a permanent solution at WTO New Delhi: Emboldened by its success in making the interim solution on food stockholding under the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) open ended, India will put forth a proposal to do away with the Restrictions imposed on a country's food programme under the Bali agreement. Strict disclosure norms and the provision that a...
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MGNREGA in Andhra Pradesh's Tribal Areas -Diego Maiorano and Chakradhar Buddha
-Economic and Political Weekly India's scheduled tribes are among the most deprived socio-economic groups and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme has great potential in tribal areas. While the Andhra Pradesh government has made an effort to ensure implementation of the scheme in the scheduled areas, the gap between administrative orders and the grass-roots level is wide. This article lists measures that could radically improve implementation of the scheme...
More »Cyclone Hudhud caused Rs 21,908 crore loss, agriculture sector worst hit: Andhra government
-DNA Hyderabad: The Hudhud cyclone that had hit Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh in October has caused a loss of Rs 21,908 crore, including damage to the tune of Rs 6,136 crore to private industries in the port city, the state government told the Legislative Assembly on Hyderabad. Making a statement on Hudhud today, Deputy Chief Minister N China Rajappa said the human loss in the devastating cyclone which made a landfall on...
More »More than 50% of farm households in debt -Rukmini S
-The Hindu NSSO survey across 35000 family units Nearly 90 per cent of India's farmers have less than two hectares of land, according to the most extensive survey of farm households to date conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). The survey says the average farm household makes less than Rs. 6,500 a month from all sources of income. The NSSO released the findings from its 70th Situation of Agricultural Households in...
More »Posh Metro will come without toilet facility -Jackson Jose
-Deccan Chronicle Chennai: The Chennai metro rail, in spite of being the most advanced mode of transport that is coming to the city, does not have any provision for toilets for its passengers. The design plan of none of the 31 stations shows toilets for passengers and officials confirm this. According to metro rail officials, the exclusion of toilets from the design is due to the fact that even Delhi metro...
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