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Food security: NAC snubs Pawar

The National Advisory Council, headed by Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi, may have grudgingly settled for a much less ambitious National Food Security Act than previously envisaged. But a proactive Sonia now plans to push for a full-fledged ministry of food security, carving it out of the agriculture ministry headed by NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Sources said she had been advised by stakeholders in the party and outside that the ministry of...

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Aiyar lambasts Centre and Plan panel for giving short shrift to panchayati raj

After taking on Suresh Kalmadi and Co on the Commonwealth Games, Rajya Sabha MP and former panchayati raj minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has now trained his guns on the UPA government and the Planning Commission for bureaucratising all Flagship Programmes like the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and the National Rural Health Mission. In a free-wheeling interview with ET, Mr Aiyar said instead of relying on panchayati raj institutions for better...

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Food insecurity in urban India by Venkatesh Athreya

Considerable sections of the urban population may face serious food insecurity even while the urban economy grows. There is a need for urgent action on this front. Over the two decades of rapid growth of the Indian economy, the urban economy is generally perceived as having done very well. However, high urban economic growth need not by itself imply improved living standards for all urban residents. In particular, the recent and...

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Public campaign to showcase new schemes

Some of the Centre's flagship schemes aimed for rural development will be showcased at a special campaign from Wednesday. The Bharat Nirman public information campaign by Press Information Bureau (PIB) is aimed at reaching these projects to the rural areas and creating awareness about them. The three-day roadshow at Pandavapura in Mandya will have some 40 stalls wherein National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, National Rural Health Mission, Sarva Shikasha Abhiyan...

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'More needed to improve status of agriculture'

Despite various programmes initiated by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to improve the status of agriculture, famers' leaders strongly feel that not enough has been done and large numbers of farmers remain heavily in debt. 'Various Flagship Programmes by the UPA government, which started after 2004, have not proved helpful for farmers. Their economic policies are putting an adverse impact on agriculture sector but still nobody is bothered about it,'...

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