Even as the state government was dealing with the spurt in farmer suicides in Wayanad in 2011, officials informed the central government that no farmer suicides were taking place in Kerala, according to an affidavit filed by the central government in the Kerala High Court on Monday. In a counter-affidavit filed before the high court on a petition seeking relief measures to farmers in Wayanad, the central government quoted the report...
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HC stays government decision to takeover of land from Suzlon Energy
-PTI Kerala High Court stayed the government decision to takeover about 85.21 acres of tribal land occupied by Suzlon Energy Ltd at ecologically sensitive Attapady hills in Palakkad district. The order was issued by Justice P N Ravindran while admitting a writ petition by Suzlon challenging the government decision to takeover the land, allegedly belonging to the tribals, and the two wind mills set up in the land. According to the company, resumption...
More »Inclusive growth: Malnutrition-education link by DP Chaudhri & Raghbendra Jha
The approach paper for the 12th Five-Year Plan with focus on faster, sustained and inclusive growth is candid and forward-looking. On poverty reduction, the document notes, without comment, the annual trend decline of 0.8% accelerating to 1% during 2004-05 to 2009-10, against a promised target of 2% in the 11th Plan. It emphasises that India will easily meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of halving poverty by 2015, over 25...
More »Centre moves SC for keeping CBI out of RTI by Dhananjay Mahapatra
At a time when it is debating with Team Anna over CBI's inclusion within the Lokpal's ambit, the Centre has moved the Supreme Court seeking to blunt petitions in various high courts challenging the June 9 notification exempting the investigating agency from the purview of Right to Information Act. The ministry of personnel, public grievances and pension had issued the June 9 notification to include CBI, the National Investigating Agency...
More »Animals also entitled to accident compensation, says Supreme Court by J Venkatesan
Award of Rs. 13.48 lakh for elephant hit by KSRTC bus upheld Observing that animals, including elephants, are entitled to compensation in road accidents, the Supreme Court has upheld an award of Rs. 13.48 lakh for the death of a temple elephant after it was hit by a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus. A Bench of Justices B.S. Chauhan and T.S. Thakur did not agree with the contention of the...
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