-Economic and Political Weekly The public distribution system is widely criticised for being ridden with chronic corruption and failing to deliver benefits in a systematic manner. Using a sample of 793 households in the district of Koraput in Odisha, this article reviews the performance of the PDS in the district and highlights three important points: first, distribution of foodgrains, specifically rice, through the PDS has undergone vast improvements in the past...
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Hudhud devastates organic coffee plantations in Araku Valley in AP -Mahesh Kulkarni
-The Business Standard About 20% of area under crop damaged by recent cyclone in Araku valley Bangalore: Cyclone Hudhud, which left a trail of destruction in coastal Andhra Pradesh, has left its mark on coffee plantations in the Araku valley in Andhra Pradesh and parts of Odisha as well. The upcoming organic coffee plantations in the valley have been devastated. According to Coffee Board, about 20 per cent of the bean-bearing plants have...
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-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of Water Resources A total no. of 16456 Minor Irrigation (MI) Schemes with a combined total estimated cost of Rs.22572.7391 crore have been taken up in the states upto July 30, 2014 of which 12355 MI schemes have been completed till date. The total potential planned of above schemes is 24.48 lakh hectare. An irrigation potential of 14.39 lakh hectare has been achieved. Water being a State subject,...
More »Pressure group fillip for PDS
-The Statesman Koraput (Odisha): In order to foster greater food security among the community, pressure groups have been formed at village, gram panchayat and block level in Kundra block of Koraput District. The group will be supported by well-known NGO, CYSD. "The main role of the pressure groups is to strengthen the advocacy process and facilitate better access to the Public Distribution System (PDS).These groups conduct meeting and interaction regularly to discuss...
More »Contractors cut off hands of labourers, leave SC livid -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: "Is there andhergardi (lawlessness) in this country," an angry Supreme Court asked after being told by the Naveen Patnaik government that unlicensed labour contractors chopped off the palms of two migrant labourers' after the tribal men they had herded for contract labour in brick kilns managed to flee. Counsel Jayshree Satpute and R S Jena narrated the unending exploitation of tribal men in six districts of...
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