-PTI New Delhi: With an aim to save standing kharif crops from weak monsoon, the Centre on Thursday announced 50 percent diesel subsidy to farmers in places where rainfall deficiency was more than 50 percent as on July 15. The 50 percent subsidy will also be applicable to places as and when states declare them as drought-hit. The government also raised the subsidy ceiling to 50 percent on seeds in order to partially...
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Rangarajan Committee Report on Poverty Measurement Another Lost Opportunity -Ranjan Ray and Kompal Sinha
-Economic and Political Weekly This is a critical assessment of the Rangarajan Expert Committee on poverty measurement. While much of the media coverage has focused on the poverty lines recommended by the Committee, this article evaluates the methodology adopted and discusses some wider issues that were flagged in the terms of reference set for this Committee. It argues that the Committee MISsed an opportunity to mark a significant departure from previous...
More »WTO: West’s Smoke & Mirror Tactics -Ranja Sengupta
-Business World The WTO Bali deal is ultimately a battle between food for the poor and trade for the rich The current global uproar at India's refusal to ratify the Trade Facilitation Agreement of the WTO Bali Declaration is a classic example of how meticulously orchestrated media hype and MISdirected "expert opinions" attempt to pressurise developing countries into subMISsion at global negotiations. India's primary interest is the food security proposal for ensuring...
More »1 lakh children go MISsing in India every year: Home ministry
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: On February 5, 2013, a Supreme Court bench, angry over 1.7 lakh MISsing children and the government's apathy towards the issue, had remarked: "Nobody seems to care about MISsing children. This is the irony." Close to one and a half years later, government data show over 1.5 lakh more children have gone MISsing, and the situation remains the same with an average of 45% of them...
More »Small-holder farmers key to sustainable agri development: IFAD
-PTI UN body for development of agriculture IFAD today said small-holder farmers should be the starting point for sustainable development. Speaking at the 8th TAAS (Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences) foundation lecture, IFAD President, Kanayo Nwanze said, "... We see time and time again the transformation that occurs when development is sustainable and when local people are involved from the start...Our starting point for sustainable agricultural development must be small-holder farmers." Nwanze,...
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