-The Indian Express Makhan Lal, a construction worker who is on the verge of quitting work because of a dislocated shoulder, says: “I haven’t heard of Modi’s pension scheme or Rahul Gandhi’s NYAY... what I know is that we will remain poor, this basti will continue to have open sewage and during rains our houses will be under sewer water.” Chand Lal, 45, was back at his 8×8 feet shanty in...
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Back Gujarat farmers against whom PepsiCo has slapped lawsuits: Rights groups to Centre
-The Indian Express On a suit filed by PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd, the Ahmedabad city civil court earlier this month had barred four farmers of Sabarkantha district — Bipin Patel, Chhabil Patel, Vinod Patel and Haribhai Patel — from growing and selling potatoes till APRIl 26. Ahmedabad: Leading rights groups and individuals working for farmers’ rights in the country have sought Central government’s intervention to protect at least nine farmers...
More »Potato farmers cry foul as PepsiCo sues them -PRIscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu They face demand for Rs. 1.05 crore in damages for growing Lays variety, want government to step in Just days after multi-billion dollar conglomerate PepsiCo sued four Gujarati farmers, asking them to pay Rs. 1.05 crore each as damages for ‘infringing its rights’ by growing the potato variety used in its Lays chips, farmers groups have launched a campaign calling for government intervention. The case is coming up for hearing in...
More »Beyond the free trade idealism -Arun Maira
-The Hindu An ambitious ‘Employment and Incomes Policy’ must be the top PRIority for the next government The U.S. has begun trade skirmishes with India. It objects to India increasing import duties on electronic goods and wants India to reduce duties on U.S.-made motorcycles. Meanwhile the World Trade Organisation seems to be in the intensive care unit. It is time to apply fundamental PRInciples to reshape a trade regime that is...
More »Over 500 online posts taken down on EC nudge -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Over 80% of the posts taken down by Facebook, Twitter, Google and WhatsApp on the request of the Election Commission (EC) in the middle of election campaigning were political or advertisements violating the 48-hour ‘silence period’ PRIor to polling. According to data, 537 political posts and advertisements were removed by the four companies during the ‘silence period’ of the first three phases. While Facebook took down...
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