-TheWire.in Former CICs say 'independent minded commissioners' are being targeted by the Centre and question why similar mechanisms do not exists for judges and election commissioners. New Delhi: The move by the Centre to set up two separate committees to receive complaints against chief information commissioner (CIC) and the central information commissioners has not gone down well with former INCumbents. They argue that it is a bid to rein in “independent minded...
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Women farmers are further marginalised, finds research -Ritwika Mitra
-The New Indian Express In market-driven agriculture, the crisis deepens with the existing asymmetries between men and women farmers. NEW DELHI: Green Revolution marginalises women farmers pushing them to the fringes, according to a paper by Centre for Social Justice and the Revitalizing Rainfed Agricultural Network. This is primarily because the Green Revolution tends to be dismissive of women’s contributions to agriculture, the paper pointed out. Green Revolution leads to the dismantling of...
More »'All parties treat farmers like beggars': Punjab's agriculture workers have no hope from elections -Manu Moudgil
-Scroll.in Recent farm loan waivers and INCome support schemes have had little impact amid growing agrarian distress. In January, farmers across the state of Punjab took to the roads in protest. In 12 districts of the state, they were protesting against banks that filed cases against loan defaulting farmers. Also part of their demands from the government was compensation of Rs 10 lakh each for families of farmers that had committed suicides,...
More »Systemic transformation in agriculture must put the farmer at the centre -Arunabha Ghosh
-Hindustan Times Farming must become sustainable sINCe agriculturists are struggling to build resilience against many threats I spent international women’s day in Mangalagiri, in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, with Usha Rani. As a single mother for 17 years, she has raised two children (now in second-year college and in high school). Three years ago, she switched to natural farming. On less than half an acre, she practises multicropping, growing maize, banana,...
More »88 lakh taxpayers didn't file returns in year of noteban, 10-fold jump over previous year -Khushboo Narayan
-The Indian Express The spike in stop filers, according to officials, could be due to loss of jobs or drop in INCome due to fall in economic activity following demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes. Claiming the success of demonetisation in INCreasing tax compliance, the government said it added 1.06 crore new taxpayers in the financial year 2016-17, almost 25 per cent more than the previous year. Records accessed by...
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