Higher support prices for kharif pulses has resulted in a sharp jump in acreage under cultivation and production is estimated to rise to 6 million tonnes in the kharif season of the 2010-11 crop year The support price for wheat is likely to be hiked by a nominal Rs 20 in the rabi season, but the procurement rate for pulses could go up sharply, as the government wants to reduce dependence...
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Food entitlement act in India soon, says Swaminathan by Gurmukh Singh
India will soon be the first country in the world “to enact a food security entitlement act under which every family below the poverty line will get 35 kg of grain”, says M.S. Swaminathan who is in Canada to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta. One of the pioneers of the Green Revolution in India, Swaminathan said India cannot depend on volatile global markets to ensure its food security and...
More »Orissa cuts dependancy on FCI, targets 32 lakh tonne rice
The Orissa government has set a target of procuring 32 lakh tonne of rice this time despite bad weather, reducing dependance on the Food Corporation of India (FCI), official sources said today.The decision not to wholly depend on the FCI was taken at a CABinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here last night."As performance of FCI was not satisfactory in 2009, the state government decided to reduce target...
More »CABinet nod for judicial accountability bill by P Sunderarajan & J Venkatesan
Public can lodge complaints against judges with a national oversight committee The bill will mandate judges to declare assets and liabilities Oversight committee to be headed by a retired Chief Justice of India The Union CABinet on Tuesday approved a bill providing for a mechanism to deal with complaints against judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court. The Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill sets judicial standards and makes judges accountable for their...
More »Sugar decontrol decision only after consulting states
Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said the government will not take any decision on decontrol of the sugar sector without consulting the states and the process of which will begin in 8-10 days. "I am going to start the process of discussion with the stakeholders and the state governments in 8-10 days time. Without the consultation, I will not move any proposal (on decontrol) to the CABinet," he told...
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