P Sainath, Rural Affairs Editor, The Hindu and 2007 Magsaysay award winner, shares with Pradeep Baisakh his views on the POSCO project, Odisha farmers’ suicides and the National Food Security Bill You have visited Odisha quite often. How, in your view, has it changed in the last 20 years? Inequalities have increased massively. Earlier, we used to hire jeeps which were falling apart. Today, to go to Kalahandi, you have Innovas,...
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Urban poor, tribal welfare on nac radar
-The Times of India With the National Food Security bill out of the way, the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (nac) will now take up issues like urban poverty, especially the vulnerable groups, and reforms in the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Area) Act on a priority basis. Sources said the nac had already begun consultation on reforms in the PESA. The Act, which has been lying largely in a limbo,...
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In the wake of Dreze quitting nac, Mander vows to fight for changes. Differences between the National Advisory Council (nac) and the government have come out in the open over the Food Security Bill, which was approved by a Group of Ministers this month. While Jean Dreze, who had earlier quit the working group on food security after recommendations by the members were diluted by the nac itself, chose to quit the...
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The Noida-Greater Noida imbroglio will be instructive for the draft land acquisition bill In The Works... * Government to acquire land, “public purpose” to be redefined * Land acquisition only after getting written consent of 80 per cent of landowners * Monitoring authority to be set up at the Centre and states to ensure compliance * Payment component split into part-cash-down and remaining in annuity for 33 years * Post...
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The National Advisory Council (nac) member spoke on why the government’s food security bill is a "disappointment" National Advisory Council (nac) member Harsh Mander spoke to Outlook on why the government’s food security bill is a “disappointment”. Excerpts: Did you expect the nac’s draft of the food security bill to be accepted by the government? There is a huge difference between what we suggested and what has been incorporated in the government...
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