-Down to Earth Shortage of antiretroviral drugs and lack of diagnosis is not new in India, but government does not admit to the crisis The fight against HIV/AIDS in India is becoming tougher by the day as patients continue to face an acute shortage of antiretroviral drugs. This is an alarming situation for a country with the third-highest number of HIV+ people in the world-2.1 million. In 2012, about 140,000 people in...
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New law of the land: Compost or perish -Tomojit Basu
-The Hindu Business Line Two young women's organic business helps small farmers salvage their soil and livelihood Kolkata schoolmates Avantika Jalan and Rashmi Sarkar run Mana Organics, a social enterprise that helps small farmers improve soil fertility through chemical-free methods and navigate the country's complex food supply chain. Organic produce from its two projects in Tinsukia, Assam, and three villages in Madhya Pradesh are sold in New Delhi and Kolkata. Early days Registered as...
More »Bengal govt amends Land Reforms Act
-The Indian Express Kolkata: The government on Wednesday passed the West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2014, in which the ambit for exemption has been widened. In addition, the government has also been lenient with industrialists who have plans to sit idle with their land. Earlier, while industriaists were allowed to keep the allotted land unused under Section 14Y for a maximum period of three years, under the new law they will...
More »Sunderbans island shrinks by half -Shiv Sahay Singh
-The Hindu In 40 years, island Ghoramara hit by the rising sea (Bay of Bengal) level Kolkata: In the year 1975, Ghoramara Island in the Sunderbans archipelago in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district covered an area of 8.51 sq km. Today it is less than 4.43 sq km. The fact that in 40 years the island has lost half of its landmass to the rising sea (Bay of Bengal) level is "an...
More »Sharpest-ever fund cut for rural job scheme -Namrata Acharya
-Business Standard Between April and September 2014, the central govt released Rs 13,618 cr to states, against Rs 24,676 cr in the same period last year Kolkata: The Union government has severely cut the funds for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, one of the largest job-creation programmes in the world, even as it deliberates on framing new norms for it. Compared to last financial year, there has been nearly a 45...
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