-Down to Earth The government’s flip-flop on stockholding limits does not help pulses’ pricing issues The Union government’s decision on July 2, 2021, to impose stock limits on pulses till October 31 has once again fuelled the long-held perception that the country’s food policies are not even consistent, let alone being relevant. On June 5, 2020, the Union government issued the Essential Commodities (Amendment) (ECA) Ordinance, 2020, which was later legislated into an...
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Why evictions in Assam under Himanta Sarma have left Bengali Muslims more fearful than ever before -Arunabh Saikia
-Scroll.in The community feels the recent evictions are about communal politics, not land. Assamese Muslims agree. Manikajan Bibi is scared of losing her home. It is one windowless room built with tin sheets held together by wooden beams. In nervous anticipation, she has bundled this season’s harvest of rice into two sacks, her sarees in a fraying mud brown rexine bag. A rusty trunk holds everything else – mostly a bunch of...
More »How Women in Himachal are growing Healthier Crops using 'Zero Budget' Farming Techniques -Ashwani Sharma
-Outlook India Women farmers in Himachal Pradesh are pioneering new all-natural farming techniques under the state government's 'Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF)' drive. 50-year-old Satya Devi practised her traditional farm operations using chemicals, sprays, fertilizers and pesticides. But despite using the best marketing practices. She wasn’t able to make much money or save due to high farm input costs. In 2018, Satya Devi switched over to Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF)—a drive launched...
More »Why IMD is still tracking Shaheen long after it is away from Indian coast?
-IANS/ Business Standard More than two days after Severe Cyclonic Storm Shaheen moved well away from Dwarka on India's western coast, the IMD continues to issue advisory/bulletin giving its latest location, predicted track. More than two days after the Severe Cyclonic Storm Shaheen moved well away from Dwarka on India's western coast, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) continues to issue advisory/bulletin giving its latest location and predicted track. On Sunday, the 2 p.m....
More »Beyond the Big Promises, 'PM Poshan' Is Old School Meal on New Plate -Dipa Sinha
-TheWire.in Narendra Modi has taken a well-functioning but underfunded scheme and added his 'branding' to it. The least he could have done is allocated the kind of money the programme badly needs. On September 29, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the ‘National Scheme for PM Poshan’ in schools, details of which have been put out in a press release. While full scheme details are not yet available, this news...
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