-Live Mint The slow monsoon may hurt crop yields and cut farmers' reTurns, especially in states such as Maharasthra and Gujarat Lasalgaon, Maharashtra: Pramod Patil's 40-acre field in Lasalgaon usually Turns green around now with germinated soybean and corn seeds, but this year he has yet to begin planting because of scanty monsoon rains in Maharashtra. Like 27-year old Patil, millions of Indian farmers are hoping rains will strengthen in the next...
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Three ministries at loggerheads on Aadhaar implementation -Nitin Sethi, Surabhi Agarwal & Sahil Makkar
-The Business Standard The confusion over Aadhaar's fuTure has deepened and, to be resolved, will require ministerial intervention through the next week The Turf battle over Aadhaar continues under the National Democratic Alliance government, too. Three ministries have prepared separate Cabinet notes, chartering contradictory courses for the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Consequently, the confusion over Aadhaar's fuTure has deepened and, to be resolved, will require ministerial intervention through the next week. The...
More »Delhi’s drainage, desilting and flood control a big fraud: CAG -Josy Joseph
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Stuck on a waterlogged road, many of you would blame the monsoon for your misery. This report should dispel that notion. In its audit of Delhi's drainage, desilting and flood control measures, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has unearthed systematic fraud and neglect, showing how taxpayers' money is virtually going down the drain. The report, which could be tabled in Parliament soon, reveals a...
More »Technology interventions that save water -Jyotika Sood
-Down to Earth It was early June. Jaspal Ram of Lehra Turkot in district Bathinda of Punjab was busy in his field putting gunny bags filled with mud on a plank of wood trailing his tractor. After sometime, he adds another row of gunny bags to add weight. On being asked what he was doing, Jaspal replies, "I'm levelling my field. A lot of water is lost if the paddy fields...
More »Rice Prices May Rise Due to Lack of Rains in Andhra Pradesh -Uma Sudhir
-NDTV Hyderabad: The first month of monsoon has Turned out to be the worst in years for farmers, especially in coastal Andhra Pradesh that has had very little rain because of a truant southwest monsoon. Hardly 30 per cent sowing has been done so far and with no rains, even that has dried up. Consumers are bound to be left high and dry with food prices rising steeply. We met Kittappa,...
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