-The Indian Express Govt plans to change existing law to ensure availability of quality seeds to farmers. How will the proposed Bill to replace The Seeds Act, 1966 meet its objective of ‘regulating quality of seeds for sale, import, export’? The existing 1966 law already provides for regulation of the quality of seeds. What does the new Bill seek to change? The current Act only covers “notified kinds or varieties of seeds”. Thus,...
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India is a country with pervasive inequality, pockets of deep deprivations and vulnerable populations -Shoko Noda
-The Indian Express The 2019 Human Development Report points to the limits of economic growth in lifting all boats. It also offers a way forward. Grappling with Delhi’s poor air quality for these last couple of months, I have become aware of a stark difference in the way I cope with air pollution, and the way many others do not — because they cannot. Despite the growing evidence detailing the catastrophic impact...
More »No death in Assam detention centres due to fear or lack of medicines: Govt
-PTI Admitting that 28 people have died in the detention centres, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said that all deaths were caused by some DISEases. The government on Wednesday said there were no deaths of inmates in detention centres in Assam due to fear or lack of medicines. Admitting that 28 people have died in the detention centres, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said that all...
More »Indians are getting sick mostly due to infections: NSSO report -Banjot Kaur
-Down to Earth Treatment of cardiovascular DISEases cost a bomb in rural India Among all ailments, it is infections that are making Indians the most sick. And, this is true for both, rural and urban areas, according to latest study of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). These infections include malaria, viral hepatitis / jaundice, acute diarrhoeal DISEases / dysentery, dengue fever, chikungunya, measles, acute encephalitis syndrome, typhoid, hookworm infection filariasis, tuberculosis and...
More »Why Modi govt's decision to ease fumigation norms for onion import has experts worried -Samyak Pandey
-ThePrint.in Modi govt is importing more onions under relaxed rules to deal with supply & price issues. But experts fear for India’s agricultural biodiversity. New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government’s decision to relax fumigation norms for imported onions might result in the entry of DISEase-carrying onions and harmful pests in Indian markets, agriculture experts have told ThePrint. On 6 November, the agriculture ministry relaxed fumigation norms and waived the penalty for non-compliance until...
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