India’s Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has refused to ban Endosulfan, a chemical used widely in India as an insecticide. He blamed farmers for the disastrous effects of this pesticide on people. For instance, Kasargod district of Kerala had reported deaths and permanent disabilities due to the use of this chemical. Pawar said the culprits were the farmers who were spraying the pesticide on the cashew crop against the advice of the Pesticide...
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Despite growth, hunger pangs reality for millions by Subodh Varma
Although finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had promised food security and inclusive growth in his budget speech last year, hunger continues to stalk over 300 million citizens of the country. India slipped to 67th place in the Global Hunger Index 2010 rankings of 122 countries prepared by International Food Policy Research Institute. An Oxford University report said that 410 million Indians live in poverty. While there may be nit-picking over the...
More »Policy to protect RTI activists ready: govt
In a major development, the Punjab government has finalised a policy for grant of protection to RTI activists. A statement to this effect was made by a law officer appearing on behalf of the government today during the resumed hearing of a public interest litigation filed by Advocate H C Arora, State President of RTI Activists Federation, Punjab. In his PIL, the petitioner had sought directions to Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh Administration...
More »Andhra Pradesh HC refuses to quash sedition case against tribal
Justice Samudrala Govinda Rajulu of AP High Court on Monday refused to quash the case of sedition registered against a Koya tribal fighting against the construction of Polavaram irrigation project. Polavaram Police of West Godavari district registered a crime case against Savalam Benerji, a Koya tribal and others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code for their alleged activity in trying to stall the Polavaram project. The tribals of...
More »RTI activist: Builder’s men attacked me
Right to Information (RTI) activist, Santosh Daundkar, has filed a police complaint saying he was assaulted, allegedly by a builder’s men, at Mumbai Central on Saturday. Daundkar, 38, filed a first information report (FIR) with the Nagpada police on Saturday night claiming that he had been assaulted for trying to expose the builder’s illegal activities. The police have arrested 51-year-old Daniel Abraham in the case and are investigating Daundkar’s allegations. “At around 10.30pm,...
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