In 2004, a boy was crushed to death by a vehicle when he was crossing the road in front of a school to fetch water. The school, in the heart of the nation’s capital, did not have drinking water facilities. Seven years later, courtesy the NGO Environmental and consumer Protection Foundation and the Supreme Court, all Indian states (the last two being Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir) have given...
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Markers and Supermarkets by Sukanta Chaudhuri
Some time ago, newspapers in Britain carried full-page advertisements from the curiously named British Pig Association. This consortium of pig farmers was clamouring publicly that the supermarket chains were squeezing the farmers dry. Alongside them, Britain’s dairy farmers complained that a supermarket cartel was paring down their prices, while production costs went up and up. These farmers too have powerful lobbies; they are still in business. To this end, Britain, like...
More »FDI in retail to benefit Indian farmers, citizens: US
-The Indian Express Supporting the ongoing discourse in India over the issue of FDI in the retail sector, the United States has said even though it is of view that this is in the benefit of India, it would desist to comment on India's internal affairs. "I think they have to work through their domestic political process and I don't want to comment on their internal affairs at this point," the Under...
More »e-PDS system launched for greater transparency
-The Hindu Delhi Food and Supply Minister Haroon Yusuf on Wednesday launched the Electronic Public Distribution System (e-PDS) from a newly-constructed building for Circle Office of Food and Supplies Department at Gandhi Nagar in East Delhi. The Minister said the e-PDS system will reduce complaints of divergence and other corrupt practices. With the launch of this system, he said consumers would be able to get online information regarding their ration shops, availability...
More »Uncle dictates, cyber boys dispose
-The Telegraph Social networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter and Google have refused to buckle under pressure from the Indian government to take down content that telecom minister Kapil Sibal and the babus on Raisina Hill find objectionable. Sibal told reporters the government wanted the Big Boys of Cyberspace to remove “abusive” comments and images that could ignite a tinderbox of passions in the country but they had refused to do so...
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