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No plan to tax agricultural income: Govt

-The Times of India New Delhi: Amid predictions of good monsoon rainfall, Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh on Tuesday said the country would definitely see higher foodgrain production during 2016-17 even as he made it clear that there is no plan to tax agricultural income. While giving his reassurance, he said the Centre will probe if there was any anomaly in the system with regard to undeclared incomes. He said he...

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Intellectual Property Rights Policy Fails to Address Farmers’ Rights and Needs -Shalini Bhutani

-TheWire.in To improve the lives of Farmers and ensure development, stakeholder consultation must be a priority, not simply more intellectual property rights. India had already made a significant policy shift towards a pro-intellectual property (IP) position in the seed sector two decades ago, when it became a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1995. Many existing laws were amended, including three amendments to the Patent Act of 1970, which allow...

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Cotton-growers asked to shift to paddy -Vikas Vasudeva

-The Hindu After the extensive crop damage caused by the whitefly pest attack last year, cotton Farmers in Haryana and Punjab have brought down the area under cotton this season. They are likely to shift to paddy and pulses. In Haryana, Farmers have planted cotton on 4.76 lakh hectares so far, against nearly 5 lakh hectares during the same period last year. In Punjab, the area under cotton is 2.57 lakh hectares,...

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Mid-day meal and housing schemes might get a facelift -Mayank Mishra

-Business Standard A recent report suggests different ways to eliminate poverty and argues that accelerated growth is the most suitable medicine to reduce incidence of poverty Adding some and modifying some others is how the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is planning to go about its welfare programmes in the coming days. While the Mid-Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) is likely to be extended to some private schools, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural...

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Drought in India: There's water everywhere in Latur, but not a drop of it's free -Yogendra Yadav

-FirstPost.com Water, water, everywhere. That is the thought that strikes you first, as you step into the rural areas of drought-hit Latur. Branded, chilled water bottles pop out of nowhere, when you ask for some drinking water in the middle of a modest village. You notice that a familiar looking label actually hides a different, local brand underneath. Lots of households around use drinking water cans, again carrying those local brands. And...

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