-Live Mint The absence of genuine competition at mandis and numerous transaction charges are distorting onion prices The joke doing the rounds today is that the spike in onion prices has been a great equalizer, bringing parity between the price of a bottle of beer and a kilo of onion. The humble vegetable has also found pride of place as a gift item to customers at a tyre shop in Jamshedpur,...
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In memoriam: Sharmila Rege (1964 -2013)-Uma Chakravarti
-FeministsIndia.com In the last six months or so the small community of feminist scholars cum activists has been hit by major losses: in February Lotika Sarkar who was among the signatories protesting the Mathura judgment that initiated a new and hugely important phase of the women’s movement passed away; at the end of May Vina Mazumdar who spearheaded the parallel women’s studies movement also passed away. But at least we had...
More »UPA launches second leg of Bharat Nirman campaign
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The UPA government unveiLED a Rs 40-crore Bharat Nirman campaign on Wednesday which showcases policy initiatives like the direct transfer scheme to intended beneficiaries, Aadhar, land acquisition, food security, women's empowerment and RTI. Describing the "Glimpses of India Story-II'' as a small step to showcase a "silent revolution of empowerment of people'', the I&B minister Manish Tewari dismissed NDA's India Shining campaign as "imaginary.'' Asked about the...
More »Govt to start new infrastructure projects: PM
-PTI The Government will kick-start a number of new infrastructure projects including 8 new airports and two new sea-ports in the coming months to boost sluggish economic growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday. With economic growth slowing to a decade low of 5 per cent, the Congress-LED UPA government has further opened the economy to foreign direct investment and now wants to use investments for returning to high growth...
More »Firm rupee, good crop could peg WPI at 5-6% by year-end: Montek
-PTI Pinning hopes on rupee stabilisation and the impact of a good monsoon in the coming days, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said he expected inflation to hover around 5 and 6 per cent by the year-end. "With currency appearing to stabilise, I don't expect this (effect on inflation) to continue. I think if we can get moderation on the food front once the impact of a good monsoon...
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