-The Telegraph Singur, the potato bowl of Bengal, appears to have landed in trouble again. Not on account of unwilling farmers grieving over their lost assets, but on account of overproduction by the ones who didn't lose their land. Excess supply of the crop has pulled down prices, leading indebted farmers to slither down the precipice. According to media reports, matters have come to a dismal pass, with a section of...
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National Health Policy 2015: A Narrow Focus Needed -Javid Chowdhury
-Economic and Political Weekly Since independence, India's national health policies have been aspirational but the end results have been limited. The National Health Policy 2015, which is in the process of being finalised, should, in place of the earlier "broadband" approach, adopt a "narrow focus" on primary healthcare through the National Rural Health Mission. The latter has focused on primary healthcare and has shown visible results. A slew of suggestions as...
More »Labour Amendment Bill Gets Clearance
-The New Indian Express NEW DELHI: Taking a step towards initiating labour reforms, the BJP Government on Friday managed to get the Labour Amendment Bill passed in the Lok Sabha, thus paving a way for it to become a law. The Bill has already been passed by the Upper House. The Labour Law (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by certain Establishments) Amendment Bill, 2011, was passed in the Lok Sabha...
More »Despite trade union's opposition, Centre to go ahead with labour law amendments
-Business Standard Minister meets union leaders who warn him of confrontation ahead; Dattatreya says amendments to be taken up in coming Parliament session The Union government is going ahead with the pending labour law amendments in the coming session (from next Tuesday) of Parliament, despite strong opposition from trade unions. "The amendments are long-pending issues which the previous government couldn't sort out.... We have already passed the Apprentices Act in the Lok Sabha.......
More »Bigger dams, irrigation projects won’t help save Maharashtra’s farmers -Ketaki Ghoge and Sayli Udas Mankikar
-The Hindustan Times Mumbai: In the past two decades, the National Crime Records Bureau has recorded 60,750 farmer suicides in the state. This means more than 3,000 farmers have killed themselves every year, reflecting a deepening agrarian crisis untouched by policies and subsidies doled out by the government. To get the state back on its feet, the new BJP government needs to start from agriculture and allied sectors. In the past...
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