-The Times of India RANCHI: Right to food campaign, conglomerate of NGOs working for implementation of Food Security Act (FSA), had demanded the state government to restart 'dal-bhaat' scheme under which special outlets were opened by the state government to provide 'dal-bhaat' at cheap rate. The campaign activists convened their state-level meeting here on Sunday to discuss various aspects of the FSA and draw a comprehensive plan to intensify their stir,...
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Half-done reform
-The Business Standard Independent evaluation of government schemes is essential In the final year of its term, the previous government decided to effect a significant restructuring in one channel of transferring funds to states. Centrally sponsored schemes - 146 in number - were first consolidated into 83, both through mergers and termination. Then, it was decided that instead of the funds for these being allocated to the relevant ministry at the Centre,...
More »India stays firm on food subsidy, blocks WTO deal -Sidhartha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: India's domestic compulsions and the danger of breaching the subsidy cap for wheat and rice forced the government to thwart attempts by other World Trade Organization members to push through a new set of customs rules without addressing its concerns. The subsidy data, due to be released by the government over the next few weeks, will reveal that the subsidy on rice was over 9% of...
More »State's silence helped Carbide get clean chit
-The Times of India BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh government sat on summons by a New York court for seven months, allowing it to deliver a deathblow to Bhopal gas victims, months before the 30th anniversary of the tragedy. The US court, on Thursday, ruled that Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) cannot be sued for contamination from toxic waste in its abandoned chemical plant in Bhopal. The legal suit was pending with the federal district...
More »Cracks in Budgetary Policies towards the Social Sectors -Subrat Das
-Economic and Political Weekly The union budget for 2014-15 offers few changes in terms of policy priorities from the United Progressive Alliance government's interim budget for 2014-15, and it fails to recognise the cracks in the country's budgetary policies towards the social sectors, which have been worsening over time. Subrat Das (subrat@cbgaindia.org) is with the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability, Delhi. Please click here to download ...
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