-TheWire.in The Agriculture Insurance Company of India returned farmers' premiums after one year, claiming that details had not been provided in "soft copy". The bank, however, has not credited the refund into farmers' accounts. Satlana (Jodhpur, Rajasthan): Thousands of farmers in the Satlana gram panchayat of Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, insured under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), have been denied insurance claims for two crop seasons – kharif 2016 and kharif 2017. The...
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Fix the legal system, look beyond the apex court -Arghya Sengupta
-Hindustan Times Improve judicial infrastructure, expand judicial training, and develop an evidence-based approach to reforms Think of a single, prominent white dot plotted against a black background. Imagine taking a step back and observing the picture. You would not be the only one if you only observed the dot and overlooked the vast expanse of black, though present in comparative spatial abundance. The Supreme Court of India, the white dot in India’s...
More »Liberalising tenancy or grabbing land of the poor? - Vikas Rawal & Vaishali Bansal
-Newsclick.in NSSO data shows that of the total land under tenancy in 2011-12, about 36% was taken on lease by top 30% landowners. The State in India, barring the Left-led governments, has never been committed to implementing redistributive land reforms and securing rights of tenants. After 1991, when India adopted the policies of liberalisation and globalisation, the government stopped paying even the lip service to the programme of land reforms as they...
More »Air pollution: Provide Rs.100/quintal support to small, marginal farmers, SC tells Punjab, Haryana, UP
-PTI The Supreme Court, which lashed out at authorities on Wednesday for failing to curb severe air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region, directed the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to provide support of Rs.100/quintal within seven days to small and marginal farmers who have not burned the stubble. Observing that “agriculture is the backbone of the country’s economy and it’s the bounden duty of the state to look after the...
More »Civil society group welcomes failure to sign RCEP; calls it 'bad deal for democracy' -Joe C Mathew
-Business Today RCEP trade deal: The group said that the Indian govt should not agree to the RCEP even in future as it will be a 'bad deal for democracy, for farmers, workers, will subvert our sovereign laws and compromise India's industrialisation potential'. Forum for Trade Justice, a pan-civil society network has welcomed the failure of the 16 negotiating countries to reach a consensus over the conclusion of the world's largest free...
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