-The Hindustan Times Punjab: Having seen my uncle hard at work in a farm and his decision to quit school to till land, I have often felt that popular imagination tends to see farming as an esoteric profession and food production as something that will somehow magically take care of itself. A young man/woman (who has had secondary education) seems to consider agriculTure as far too back-breaking and tedious to be taken...
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Asian countries haven't achieved food security despite economic growth: M S Swaminathan -Karthikeyan Hemalatha
-The Times of India CHENNAI: Asian countries have failed to end hunger despite economic growth, says agriculTurist M S Swaminathan who is known as the 'Father of the Green Revolution in India.' "Livelihood security and food security depend on agriculTure. We have not achieved this despite a spectacular economic and technological growth," Swaminathan said while speaking at the 'Phenotyping for AgriculTure Sustainability' conference in Chennai on Monday. Referring to the Food Security Bill...
More »FCI to Increase Inter-Regional Movement of Foodgrains
-Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution) In view of increased foograin movement requirement for the implementation of National Food Security Act, FCI has been making efforts to increase Inter-regional movement of foodgrains. It has been) has been rising over the years as under:- It is estimated that for the National Food Security Act (NFSA) implementation, against the allocation of 614.43 lakh tonnes, the...
More »Migration back to villages-Devinder Sharma
-DNA The government's lack of focus on agriculTure shows its lopsided priorities. In the coming months, about 1.5 crore farmers who quit agriculTure in the past seven years, are likely to trudge back into the villages. In normal circumstances such a massive reverse migration - from the cities back to the villages - would have been a sign of inclusive growth. But economists are taking this U-Turn as a sign of...
More »Between 2010 and 2012, pace of job creation was slowest in a decade -Chetan Chauhan
-The Hindustan Times A sea of young people on a Delhi Metro last week offered a glimpse into the despair within young India. Most had taken the train from Delhi University — a hub of students from across the country — to the heart of the city, to take a test and apply for a job with a national bank. But there were only a few thousand vacancies — and 100,000 youngsters...
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