-The Times of India MUMBAI: Cattle fodder camps that were opened in the state during the drought years are under the scanner for large-scale irregularities and the government plans to investigate the organizations that managed these camps. Senior state government officials said the BJP-Sena government wants to audit the 1,288 cattle camps that were opened in different parts of the state between 2012 and 2014 by the Congress-NCP government. The then government...
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India File: Whose line is it anyway? -Richa Mishra & Debabrata Das
-The Hindu Business Line The Narendra Modi government has shown intent in pushing for rural electrification, but the devil lies in the detail, write Richa Mishra and Debabrata Das Soon after taking over at the helm of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was at a function in Solapur, Maharashtra. Sharing one of his visions, Modi said, “Many elections have been fought in our country on this issue and the issue is...
More »NREGA Vs Drought: Why The Centre's Promises Don't Add Up -Sreenivasan Jain
-NDTV Solapur: As thousands of villages in the country come under the grip of drought, the role of the government's flagship work guarantee scheme, NREGA or National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, becomes crucial. In January, the Union government told the Supreme Court that for all drought-hit states, NREGA's 100-day limit has been increased to 150 days. But travelling this week through Marathwada in Maharashtra, the country's drought central, in village after village we...
More »In drought-hit western Maharashtra, children forced to live as orphans -Debashish Panigrahi
-Hindustan Times Eleven-year-old Kavita and Sunil, a year younger, last saw their father Mahadev four months ago, when he returned briefly to the village to attend the wedding of a relative. When leaving home again, a day after Diwali, Mahadev gave Kavita Rs350 for her and Sunil to live on for the next three months. He had no option but to leave them to fend for themselves. Not enough rainfall had turned the...
More »The money-spinning black sheep of Kuruba families -Sudhirendar Sharma
-The Hindu Business Line The wool of this north Karnataka breed has helped the herder community handcraft a crorepati business These sheep, strikingly black, have a rich coat of coarse wool that has long provided the army and police force with a steady supply of warm blankets. Called Deccani, the lambs are sheared twice a year, each of them yielding a little over one kg of raw wool, which is ideal for...
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