-Livemint.com India’s greatest need is for an effective cold chain solution that can integrate the supply chains for agricultural commodities from production to consumption centers, experts say New Delhi: The government is looking for solutions for preventing physical waste and loss of value of perishable agricultural commodities, according to agriculture experts. A robust cold chain supply system can increase farmers’ income manifold, experts say. In a bid to understand and develop a roadmap...
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Why the cow has gone from mata to menace -Alok Sharma
-The Times of India Farmers can't keep them, traders don't want to buy them, and gaushalas are full. The result: Havoc on farms and roads. Sunday Times travels across the country to find out how the population of stray bovines is becoming a ticking time bomb. The problem of stray cattle is not new in India, but in the last few months, it has reached alarming proportions. According to 2012 data from...
More »After PAN, driving licences to be linked with Aadhaar: Union minister RS?Prasad
-IANS Referring to the debate on security of Aadhaar data, Prasad said the biometric information -- which includes iris scan and fingerprints -- is stored in an encrypted form and is very secure. In a bid to check the menace of multiple driving licences being issued to individuals, the central government will soon introduce linking of Aadhaar with driving licences, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday. The Minister for Electronics and...
More »Assam Floods: Ramdev's Patanjali Allegedly Distributes Expired Food Products As Relief
-Outlook According to local TV channels, people have accused Patanjali of distributing old milk powder and juice packets. Some products expired in October last year. Yoga guru Ramdev’s food and Ayurvedic products company Patanjali is once again in the news for a wrong reason, as it has allegedly distributed expired products to people affected by floods in Assam. According to local TV channels, people have accused Patanjali of distributing old milk powder and...
More »Uneven Mandi tax adds to GST burden -Madhvi Sally
-The Economic Times Even as the dust kicked up by the Goods and Services tax is yet to settle, traders and companies have to face another conundrum an uneven mandi tax. So wide is the discrepancy that a company procuring grain had to pay 6 per cent tax in Punjab, 4 per cent in Haryana and 0.2 per cent in Madhya Pradesh. Industry says this will create an imbalance in the interstate...
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