-PTI BHUBANESWAR: The country's eastern region has the tremendous potential to emerge as the country's 'rice bowl', a recent study industry body Assocham said. The study titled 'Towards Second Green Revolution in Eastern India: A Road Map' also said the eastern region would be able to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about ten per cent in paddy production, if the country manages to BRIdge the gap between potential yield...
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Why women aren’t taking up farm jobs -Pramit Bhattacharya
-Live Mint Mint examines why millions of women are missing from farms, factories, colleges, and offices in India, which has one of the lowest ratios of working women in the world Mumbai: Every monsoon, minivans ferrying women labourers can be seen making their way from the small sleepy town of Wardha to Waifad village, 18 kilometres away. Urban workers from Wardha have come to occupy an integral part of Waifad's farm...
More »Outside the patent monopolies -Ritu Kamal
-The Indian Express India's role in pharmaceutical patent wars has broadened access to healthcare. Recently, there were rumours that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) was getting ready to announce "trade enforcement actions" or sanctions against India over its intellectual property rights regime. The Obama administration has been under pressure from the US Chamber of Commerce and lobby groups, like the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, to take a tough stance...
More »Education institutions need law to address violence against women -Priya M Menon
-The Times of India CHENNAI: The rape of a 20-year-old student of Amrita University by her college mates more than a week ago has raised questions about the manner in which the university has handled the issue. Educationists and lawyers say that educational institutions need to report such criminal offences to the police and offer support to the survivor. The student was allegedly raped on February 23 by twin brothers Akhil and...
More »Govt decides against ordinance route on anti-graft measures
-PTI Decision is believed to have been influenced by apprehension that President Pranab Mukherjee won't give assent to these The Union Cabinet tonight rejected the ordinance route for a set of anti-corruption measures despite pressure from Rahul Gandhi for BRInging laws on his pet issues. The Union Cabinet, which met here this evening, discussed the issue of these ordinances but it was felt that "full deliberations" are required in Parliament keeping with the...
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