The five-day farmers’ march led by him failing to get the desired result, Raju Shetty on Monday announced he will soon start a fast-unto-death for Rs 2,350 per tonne for sugarcane. The MP and Swabhimaan Shetkari Sanghatana chief made the announcement at the home turf of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Baramati, where the rally that started in Pandharpur on November culminated. When Shetty had set out from Pandharpur, he...
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Women in India: Bringing in the Other Half by Sruthi Gottipatti and Nikhila Gill
When put in charge, women in India are better than men at providing clean water and adequate sanitation for their communities. And despite the gains women have made in the developed world, they’re still doing about as much of the housework and childcare as women in India. The World Bank’s recently released 2012 World Development Report on gender equality and development shows progress in some areas, while in others gaps in...
More »Rise in fertilizer prices burdens farmers by B Chandrashekhar
Prices increase six times this kharif forcing farmers to spend an additional Rs. 1,000 crore Increase in the prices of all Fertilizers except urea six times during the current kharif season has burdened the farming community in the State by about Rs. 1,000 crore additionally. It is likely to add to the production cost heavily coupled with the increase in other input costs like seed, labour charges, diesel and pesticides. Scanty rainfall...
More »Rs 65,000cr loan waiver fails to make farmers debt-free
-DNA The Centre's debt relief scheme for the farmers has given anything but relief to the poor farmers. Despite the Rs 65,318.33-crore Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme (ADWDRS) launched by the UPA with much fanfare in 2008, nearly 43.42 million (48.6 per cent) of the 89.35 million farmer households are still in debt. This is the finding of National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) report on 'Indebtedness of Farmers Household'. The scheme benefited...
More »Dividing the poor by TK Rajalakshmi
The flawed Bill on food security has not received the kind of publicity that the Lokpal Bill has, but that does not diminish its significance. “THIS government has divided everything and everyone. There are different cards for different sections of the poor. If my employer, taking pity on me, gives me an old television, I am not entitled to a yellow card [Below Poverty Line card]. My son who is...
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