Farmers and activists affiliated to different social organizations joined hands on Thursday to oppose land acquisition by the government for the proposed Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor, under which 10,000 hectares land would be acquired for setting up four mega industrial projects in the district. "The activists have planned a meet at Bidkin, about 20 km from the city, on February 11 to chalk out the future course of action. Narmada Bachao Andolan...
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Sustaining farm Growth is possible; Investment, price assurance to yield results by Ramesh Chand
India has been striving to achieve 4% Growth rate in farm output since the beginning of Ninth Five-Year Plan. However, actual Growth rate has remained invariably lower than the targeted Growth rate. Further, agriculture witnessed a sharp slowdown during mid-1990s to the middle of the first decade of 21st century. Annual Growth rate in farm GDP declined to 2.4% a year during 1995-96 to 2004-05 from more than 3% in the...
More »Pranab says losing sleep over rising subsidy bill
-PTI Faced with subdued revenue mop-up and rising fiscal deficit, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said he is "losing sleep" over mounting subsidy bill, which may cross Budget estimate by Rs 1 lakh crore in 2011-12. "As Finance Minister when I think of enormity of the subsidies to be provided, I lose my sleep. There is no doubt," said Mukherjee, who is engaged in the process of firming the Budget for 2012-13...
More »Govt set to ban all forms of child labour by Mahendra Kumar Singh
The government is considering to make changes in existing laws to abolish all forms of child labour under 18 years. A government panel has recommended amendment to Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act that makes distinction between hazardous and non-hazardous categories of work for children under 14 years. Child rights activists has been demanding for a revision in the definition of child labour to bring uniformity in all laws, and recognize all...
More »In Sikkim, earthquake or no earthquake, school must go on by Ratna Bharali Talukdar
On September 18, Bimola Rai’s world was reduced to rubble. A student of Class III in Bop village in Chungthang block of North District in Sikkim, a Himalayan border state, she was left traumatized when a devastating earthquake of 6.9 magnitude on the Richter scale, flattened her home and school building, located at an altitude of 5,500 feet. Today, Bimola joins 26 other children of her village to walk the four...
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