-PTI Over a half of Indian women suffer from anaemia and a higher number of Muslim infants compared to national average (in 2005-06) lived beyond their first birthday, says a report released on Friday. The "India Human Development Report 2011", prepared by the Institute of Applied Manpower research, a Planning Commission body, says there is an increasing trend of anaemia among women of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Muslims. The report says Scheduled...
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Land Bill: Jairam seeks BJP support
-The Indian Express Over a month after introducing the Land Acquisition and Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill in Parliament, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday reached out to the Opposition BJP seeking its cooperation for early passage of the Bill. Ramesh called on Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj to seek her support for expediting the Bill that has been referred to the Standing Committee of Parliament headed...
More »HC cancels land acquisition of 3 Greater Noida villages
-IBN In a major setback for the Uttar Pradesh government, the Allahabad High Court on Friday cancelled the land acquisition of three villages in Greater Noida. The land acquisition of Asadallapur, Devla and Saberi villages were cancelled by the court. As per the order, the farmers who have already taken the compensation, can return the amount and claim back their land. The farmers in the remaining 37 villages, where planning has already taken place,...
More »Noida land acquisition quashed, setback to Mayawati government by Atiq Khan
Court verdict, a relief to farmers in Gautam Buddha Nagar district In a setback to the Mayawati government and relief to farmers of Noida extension areas (Greater Noida) in Gautam Buddha Nagar district, the Allahabad High Court on Friday set aside land acquisition in three villages — Devla, Yusufpur Chaksahberi and Assadulapur — and ordered that an additional compensation of 64.70 per cent be paid to them. The farmers should also...
More »Big cities have worst sex ratios in country
-The Times of India India's towns are worse than its villages when it comes to the child sex ratio (CSR), but its biggest cities are even worse. Against an overall ratio of 914 girls for 1,000 boys in the age group of 0-6 years, the urban ratio is 902 but the combined figure for cities with a population of a million or more is just 898. Look through the data for the...
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