-PTI NEW DELHI: Admitting to increased stances of rejection of food consignments by EU in the last three years, government today said it is taking steps to ensure compliance with the European norms. To a question that whether reports about increase in notifications by the European Union against food exports from India due to presence of contaminants are correct, Minister of State for Commerce D Purandeswari said: "Yes". There have been an increase...
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LPG distributors want government to delay Direct Cash Transfer scheme -Mitul Thakkar & Shreya Jai
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: It is not only the opposition parties but cooking gas distributors also want the UPA government to delay the implementation of direct benefit transfer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) scheme. They fear there would be problems and errors in meeting the stiff timelines as authorities rush to transfer cash directly to the bank accounts of 14 crore consumers before general election next year. "The government is in...
More »Demystifying Indian poverty line -Gaurav Choudhury
-The Hindustan Times * What is a poverty line? The poverty line defines a threshold income. Households earning below this threshold are considered poor. Different countries have different methods of defining the threshold income depending on local socio-economic needs. * Who brings out the poverty estimates in India? The Planning Commission releases the poverty estimates in India. * How is it measured? Poverty is measured based on consumer expenditure surveys of...
More »Drug price policy under SC glare
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court today ticked off the government for "dilly dallying" on an affordable drug pricing policy, following a petition that said the delay was aimed at pushing through suggestions of the powerful manufacturers' lobby. A bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and Gopala Gowda asked the Centre to respond within six weeks. The All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) had filed the application saying the government was delaying a...
More »Minding the mid-day meal: How a mother made a difference -Parvinder Singh & Priyanka Sarkar
-One World South Asia The mid-day meal tragedy in Bihar has drawn attention directly to the way we articulate and work for educational entitlements, writes Parvinder Singh and Priyanka Sarkar. Lucknow: It takes an informed and empowered community to harvest the fruits of educational entitlements, including non-discriminatory access to midday meals. The promises made in the Right to Education Act can only be wrested as rights when they are owned by the...
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