-RisingKashmir.com Horticulture encroaching upon paddy land Srinagar: Agriculture land has shrunk by 2 lakh hectares since 1996, economic survey reveals. The survey reports that 10 lakh hectares were under agriculture production during 1995-96 which has reduced to 8 lakh hectares in 2013. Experts said that reduction in the agriculture land has decreased its contribution to states economy also. On the other hand, the horticulture has also developed into a major sector in Jammu and Kashmir's...
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Kerala village to implement UN family farming year -Sham Mohammed
-The Deccan Chronicle Kollam (Kerala): Kulasekharapuram, a small panchayat on the border of Kollam district is all set to implement the United Nation's call to observe 2014 as International Family Farming Year, raising the slogan of self-sustainability in Food production. The panchayat has two villages, Adinad and K.S. Puram and as many as 12,230 families in 23 wards. The agricultural office of the panchayat had identified the fact that extensive cultivation alone...
More »India threatens to go back on WTO promises -Asit Ranjan Mishra
-Live Mint India is concerned that the ministerial decision on public stockholding for Food security purposes is getting sidelined New Delhi: India has told the World Trade Organization (WTO) that it will not ratify the trade facilitation (TF) agreement for faster and more efficient customs procedures because there has been no progress on finding a permanent solution to the important issue of Food subsidy caps, prompting developed nations to accuse India of...
More »Rural job scheme caused price rise: Govt -Shishir Sinha
-The Hindu Business Line Facing criticism for rising prices, the Modi Government has blamed public expenditure on schemes such as MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) for fuelling Food inflation. Curiously, the BJP wants the job scheme to continue, with the focus mainly on agriculture. According to the agenda note circulated for Friday's Conference of State Food Ministers with the Centre, Food inflation is caused by both demand and supply...
More »Vasundhara reopens debate, asks Centre: Why must NREG be law, not scheme? -Seema Chishti
-The Indian Express In her letter to Gadkari, Raje said that some issues in the Act need a rethink. Reopening the debate over the UPA's flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has asked the Centre why it cannot be delivered as a scheme. "It is a moot issue why rural employment should be guaranteed by an Act, and why such employment cannot be delivered, or...
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