-The Times of India NAVI MUMBAI: Borze, a tiny village in the water-starved Pen taluka of Raigad district, stopped waiting for the state government and their local politician of various hues to give them the much-needed clean water. Instead, the villagers recently tied up with a private company to set up an innovative "water ATM" that locals refer to as "ATW," or any time water. This is the first time in the...
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Why Climate Change Impacts Indian Women More Than Men -Rupande Mehta
-HuffingtonPost.in A report issued by the World Bank suggests that India's economic progress could be severely hampered, with an additional 45 million pushed into poverty, due to the effects of climate change. While Prime Minister Modi makes his position clear vis-à-vis developed nations, the government does not appear to be taking enough cognisance of the devastating effects of climate change at home. Climate change is real and unless serious action is taken...
More »Stalemate continues at WTO meet in Nairobi -Arun S
-The Hindu The WTO Nairobi meet — which was expected to produce by noon local time (2.30 PM IST) on Friday a Ministerial Declaration to liberalise global trade — stretched into overtime with the developing and the developed world failing to bridge their differences over farm issues as well as on whether to continue with the ongoing 14-year-old Doha Round talks. Hectic parleys were on between member countries, during the last day...
More »NITI Aayog mulling big reforms in agriculture sector -Yogima Seth Sharma
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: In an effort to raise agriculture productivity and raise farm prices, government's premier think tank NITI Aayog is considering a series of big ticket agriculture reforms that include changes in the fertiliser policy to allow free import of urea, explore transgenic crops in pulses and oilseeds and make land laws transparent. A paper emerging from the work of Aayog's task force on agriculture development, has moving fertiliser...
More »Banks are trying to cover up underhand actions: SC -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for refusing to make public through Right To Information (RTI) its reports on inquiry into offensive practices by private and public sector banks and said as a "watchdog", the central bank had a duty to make public reports on non-transparent activities of banks. "We have surmised that many financial institutions have resorted to acts...
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