-The Business Standard The Budget MISsed the chance to articulate its intentions to the farming community; the prime minister's Independence Day speech provides another invaluable opportunity Young Indians starting their careers in an environment devoid of hope and opportunity and surviving on dole will be inclined to populist politics. But the farming community expects much more substance from the government, and the Budget was a good example of how populism trumped...
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Lessons learned from India’s midday meal scheme for schoolchildren -Paromita Pain
-The Guardian Scares over lizard and worms in food highlight flaws in flagship programme as India struggles to reach most remote schools Karulihai (Madhya Pradesh): The dirt roads leading to the village of Karulihai in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh make for a bumpy ride. As clouds of dust settle on the windscreen, it's easy to MISs the one-room school that stands in the middle of the field. Voices of children,...
More »Umbrella agri scheme to improve supply of agri-commodities at grassroot level -Anindita Dey
-The Business Standard Four sub MISsions have been merged into one scheme - agri extension, seed and planting material, agri mechanisation and plant protection and plant quarantine Mumbai: The ministry of agriculture has introduced an umbrella scheme to augment agricultural extension and technology activities with the objective of improving the supply of the agricultural commodities from the grass root level. According to official sources, the impetus on agricultural extension has to go hand...
More »Awaas Yojana set to shed Indira’s name -Subodh Ghildiyal
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Indira Gandhi's name is set to be removed from the popular rural housing programme that provides subsidies to the poor to have a house of their own, in a move which will symbolize the regime change. The rural development ministry is looking to turn Indira Awaas Yojana, a scheme, into a "MISsion" with increased budget and with an important design innovation which mandates toilets to be...
More »All about genetically modified food -Rahul Goswami
-The Asian Age Three common arguments are advanced to the citizens of India as justifying the need for genetically modified crops. None of these owe their intellectual genesis to the present NDA government (which is employing them nonetheless), and can be found as theses in both UPA2 and UPA1. They are: Genetically engineered seed and crop are necessary in order that India find lasting food security; that good science and particularly...
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