A solution to the pulses and edible oils crisis is entirely within reach. The state of India’s food security is worsening by the year. The cost of food items is increasing rapidly, making them unaffordable to a majority of the people. Added to these woes is the short supply of pulses and edible oils, which forces the Central government to import them. Pulses play a critical role in the diet of...
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Delhi cops don't file FIRs in 90% of cases by Rahul Tripathi
Here's why it would be extremely embarrassing for Delhi to accept the Centre's ``advice'' that all complaints made to the police be filed as FIRs. If FIRs are indeed made mandatory, there would roughly be a 10-fold increase in the city's crime statistics. A study of PCR call records in Delhi reveals that on an average, nearly 20 complaints of snatchings are received every day while more than 10 calls...
More »Indian migrants face bleak future in Dubai
The impact of the global financial downturn has been felt keenly in the Middle Eastern emirate of Dubai - and that in turn is affecting the remote Indian village of Akhopur in the state of Bihar, from where Amarnath Tewary reports. In August 2008, Bharat Bhushan Tiwari - from Akhopur village in eastern Indian Bihar - took a loan of 71,000 rupees ($1,500) from a village moneylender to pay a...
More »Rs 10,000 cr package for Vidarbha
Minutes before curtains were drawn on state legislature's winter session, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan announced a Rs 10,000 crore package for Vidarbha. "This a time-bound programme for all-round development of the region and will be implemented in three years," said Chavan assuring the house that he would personally monitor it in co-ordination with the chief secretary. A quick analysis of the package, however, showed it was a re-jig of ongoing...
More »Land India’s least reformed sector: Tata
In the Indian reform story, policies on land have been the least reformed one, said Ratan Tata on Monday. The Chairman of the Tata Group, whose company Tata Motors had to shift the production base for its Nano car from Singur in West Bengal to Sanand in Gujarat following continuous protests over land acquisition for the project, said political leaders should be able to strike the right balance in deciding...
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