-The Economic Times The government must decontrol sugar, lift curbs on trade in molasses and allow proper markets to function in this sector. Ill-informed would-be saviours of farmers like Gen V K Singh oppose the move. They only serve to fatten liquor barons like the late Ponty Chadha and depress farm incomes. As an article by Nidhi Nath Srinivas (ET, November 22) points out, wily politicians use control to make the sugar...
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-The Hindustan Times The smog that nearly choked Delhi in November was caused due to the burning of post-harvest rice stalks in Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar pradesh. Every year, rice is harvested using combine harvesters, which leaves a residue in the field. Earlier, harvesting was done by hand and the people who worked on the fields would take out the stalks and use them as food for animals. This practice is...
More »5% Ethanol To Be Mixed in Petrol From December
-Outlook Mandatory mixing of five per cent ethanol in petrol will be implemented across the country from next month, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs decided today, a step which will help the country save around 100 crore litres of fuel every year. In 2009, the CCEA had decided to mix five per cent ethanol in petrol but it could not be implemented due to opposition by some sections in the chemical and...
More »Low Cost Sanitation Scheme Extended to 12th Plan
-Outlook Government today approved the proposal to extend the ongoing scheme for erdication of dry toilets in urban areas into the 12th Five Year Plan with revised features and cost estimates. According to the decision approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Government would extend the financial support to the state governments for the Integrated Low Cost Sanitation Scheme. The estimated cost for running the programme of the Ministry of Housing and...
More »Akhilesh Yadav government waives loans of lakhs of farmers -Ashish Mukherjee
-NDTV Lucknow: Lakhs of farmers in Uttar pradesh who took loans worth Rs. 50,000 or more and have returned 10 per cent of the amount got a big surprise today, with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav waiving their loans. The state government said the decision will benefit approximately 7.20 lakh farmers. But the scheme but comes with a rider. It will apply to only those farmers who took the loan by mortgaging property. Such...
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