-Hindustan Times India witnessed an impressive surge in the number of women owning or managing agricultural land in 2001-11 with landholdings under them registering a faster growth in this period than the ones controlled by men, shows a World Bank-backed study that points to improved gender equity in land rights. Though the amount of farmland controlled by women in the country is still marginal at 10% of the total, the number of...
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NGT shows red light to diesel vehicles
-Business Standard Interim order stops registration of new diesel vehicles in Delhi In a significant measure to curb the alarming pollution level, the National Green Tribunal on Friday issued an interim order that new diesel-run vehicles will not be registered in Delhi and there will be no renewal of registration of such vehicles which are more than 10-year-old. The tribunal also asked the Centre and Delhi governments to consider not buying diesel...
More »SC to mull Ban on diesel cars in Delhi to tackle growing menace of pollution -Amit Anand Choudhary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday threw its weight behind efforts to clean up Delhi's air, agreeing to explore various options including Banning diesel cars from the Capital's roads and stopping trucks from passing through the city to tackle the growing menace of pollution. A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice R Banumathi expressed shock over the high pollution level in the city and...
More »Maneka Gandhi for packaged food under govt’s nutrition plan -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Union minister Maneka Gandhi on Thursday pitched for providing packaged food under the government's supplementary nutrition scheme ICDS. The ICDS scheme is one of the largest schemes of its kind with an estimated 10.2 crore beneficiaries including children under six years, pregnant women and lactating mothers. However, despite decades of implementation malnutrition levels continue to be very high in India. The World Bank estimates that India...
More »UP shows way in direct subsidy payment to farmers -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express Uttar Pradesh farmers have taken well to direct benefit transfers, though there are doubts if it can be extended to fertilisers. Akhilesh Yadav’s government in Uttar Pradesh is turning out to be a pacesetter in implementation of direct benefit transfers (DBT) to farmers. Farmers in UP got Rs 28.60 per quintal from the state government for the sugarcane they supplied to mills during the 2014-15 crushing season. The payments, totalling...
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