-PTI Chandigarh: Punjab, the food bowl of the country, may not achieve bumper wheat output this season, with several growing areas facing "massive" crop loss due to untimely rains accompanied by hailstorm and high velocity winds during February and this month. "We may not have bumper wheat production this season as rains along with hailstorm have damaged wheat crop in several parts of Punjab," Punjab Agriculture Director, Mangal Singh Sandhu told PTI. He...
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In UP, women own just 2.6% of farm land -Swati Mathur
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: Girija devi was reduced to being an ordinary farm hand in Jalaun after the demise of her husband. As a widow, she was told she had no ownership rights to the land her family had held for many years. For years, she continued to till the land and worked on it as an agricultural labourer. Then, a local civil society organization helped her regain control over...
More »Budget silences -Bina Agarwal
-The Indian Express The budget aims at economic growth and social protection. This is welcome. So are provisions for financial inclusion, housing, water, sanitation and rural electrification. But there are also substantial cuts in crucial social sectors and key omissions that are likely to undermine its stated economic objectives. Consider Agriculture, environment and women. First, double-digit growth or poverty reduction is unlikely without strong, sustained agricultural growth. In 2014-15, Agriculture grew at...
More »Nearly half of India's entrepreneurs are women: Study -Ananya Dutta
-The Times of India PUNE: Three years after she graduated from business school, Bhagyashri Dixit took the plunge and set up her own graphic T-shirt brand to fulfil a lifelong dream of setting up her own enterprise. Five years after the brand - SheepStop - had found its feet, Dixit gave birth to her son and is now able to balance her responsibilities towards work and home. "Setting up your own business...
More »Implementing Centrally sponsored schemes set to become dear -Nagesh Prabhu
-The Hindu Bengaluru: Acceptance of the 14th Finance Commission's recommendations by the Union government is likely to cost the State dear, particularly in implementation of Centrally sponsored schemes. Karnataka is expected to feel the pinch despite higher allocation in the form of its share from Central taxes. The hike in the Central pool of taxes is likely to be nullified with reduction in allocations proposed in the Union Budget for 2015-16 for...
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