-The Times of India NEW DELHI: India’s public transport system is not keeping pace with the auto boom, making commuters shun buses and trains and hop on to two-wheelers and Cars. This has resulted in public transport’s share of passenger trips falling to an all-time low, and the situation is getting worse with every passing year. Compared with a share of 60-80% of passenger trips across major Indian cities in 1994, the...
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Government ready for higher MSPs: Paswan
-The Hindu Says Centre prepared to set up facilities for procurement The government is prepared to create all the facilities and infrastructure needed to procure foodgrains, even as the Cabinet prepares to hike Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for kharif crops, Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said. The Union Cabinet is expected to meet on Wednesday, and approve MSPs for 23 crops at 1.5 times the input costs. For MSPs to be implemented...
More »Delhi's Densification Is Bound to Leave Disastrous Ecological Footprints
-TheWire.in The proposed redevelopment of South Delhi will bring about a surge in congestion that will not only place an unbearable burden on public infrastructure, but also destroy an already tattered map of urban space, ecology and civility. Aurobindo Marg was named after the renowned philosopher and guru, the Delhi campus of whose ashram lies alongside this road. Fittingly, driving on Aurobindo Marg today demands spiritual strength and yogic discipline. Heading south...
More »Sales fall as people in metros start ditching Cars -Pankaj Doval
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Traffic jams, parking problems, app-based cabs, online shopping and fast-spreading metro networks have resulted in car sales starting to fall in big cities, something many hoped for but few expected to become a reality. City-specific numbers accessed by TOI from industry sources show car sales dropped 20 per cent in Mumbai in 2017-18—97,274 Cars sold during the year versus 1.22 lakh in the previous year. Bangalore,...
More »Monsoon: India's problem of plenty -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com India’s weather office has forecast a normal monsoon. Bountiful rains in the June-to-September period are critical for about 800 million Indians who depend directly or indirectly on farming New Delhi: Gangabhishan Thaware, a 53-year-old farmer from the drought-prone Marathwada region of Maharashtra, took an unusual step in July last year. Thaware and his fellow villagers had toiled on their fields and spent thousands of rupees on seeds and fertilizers, hopeful...
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