Dr MS Swaminathan, NAC member and the father of India's green revolution talks to Rupashree Nanda on the food security legislation, the neglect in creating storage infrastructure and ideas like outsourcing food security issues. Rupashree Nanda: The main reason for the NAC climb down from the promised universal PDS to targeted PDS was the stated non - availability of foodgrains. Would you agree to that argument? Isn't there is not enough...
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Punjab's business clusters to create 5 lakh jobs
In a bid to ensure inclusive growth and increase employment opportunities, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and industry of India (Assocham) will develop 15 business clusters in different parts of Punjab, an official said on Sunday. "Currently, 20 such clusters are operational in Punjab which are providing employment to lakhs of people here," Assocham secretary general D.S. Rawat said here. "These proposed clusters will be established at a budget of around Rs.500...
More »A Journalist in India Ends Up in the Headlines by Lydia Polgreen
ALMOST any night of the week, Barkha Dutt can be found under the harsh glare of television lights, asking tough questions and demanding frank answers. But last Tuesday Ms. Dutt, the most famous face of India’s explosively growing 24-hour cable news business, found herself the subject of the kind of grilling she normally metes out.Before a jury of four of her peers, she parried questions and struggled to control her...
More »Mining industry unhappy over profit-sharing clause
The decision of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to force mining companies to share 26 per cent of their profits with local and project affected people hasn’t gone down well with the industry.Union Mines Minister B K Handique had said the Bill in this regard had been approved by the GoM.Hemant Nerurkar, managing director, Tata Steel, said: “I don’t think that is the way forward. Look at the world: no...
More »Dow-Reliance venture was approved despite concerns by Mahim Pratap Singh
While survivors of the Bhopal gas leak disaster have been demanding that Dow Chemical, the current owner of the Union Carbide Corporation, be held liable for the clean-up of the disaster site, the Ministry of Commerce and industry granted approval to a project involving Reliance Petroleum Ltd and Dow Global even after apprehensions were expressed by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. It now appears that the approval, granted shortly...
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