-PTI About 40 per cent of government's foodgrain is stored in an "unprofessional" way due to acute shortage of storage capacity to the tune of 35 million tonnes, industry chamber Assocham said on Wednesday. Currently, 70 per cent of the total warehousing capacity of 112 million tonnes is owned by the government. Additional 35 million tonnes of storage capacity is required in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) period, it said. "About 30-40...
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Congress manifesto: right to health is next on agenda -Kundan Pandey et al
-Down to Earth Grand old party of India renews some old promises and makes some new ones, but will Congress live up to its promises if it wins a third term? The Indian National Congress (INC) presented its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on Wedneday. The manifesto committee claimed the 48-page document was prepared after wide consultations by engaging millions of people, grassroots congress workers and every section of the...
More »UN panel warns India of severe food, water shortage -Chetan Chauhan
-The Hindustan Times The UN panel on climate change warned on Monday that famine, water shortage and increased regional tension could plague south Asia, especially India, if corrective steps weren't taken soon to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The alarmist report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was released on Monday, at Yokohama in Japan, and focuses on the global impact climate change would have on agriculture, water supply and society. "Nobody...
More »UN panel on climate change presents gloomy picture for Asia in its fresh report -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A UN panel on Monday morning released its much awaited report which assessed impacts of climate change on human lives, natural resources and marine ecosystem across the globe. It predicted a gloomy picture for Asia where most of the countries, including India and China, will not only have to face more extreme weather events but also have to experience severe stress on drinking water and...
More »He batted for a hunger-free world -RC Rajamani
-The Hindu Business Line Norman Borlaug is regarded as the ‘father' of the Green Revolution. It's his birth centenary today We cannot talk about India's Green Revolution without mentioning Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug, the globally renowned wheat scientist. He was a great friend of India and the Indian farmer in particular. Indeed, when he died in September 2009 aged 95, there was great sorrow in the Green Revolution belt in Punjab and Haryana. As...
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