-Scroll.in The chief minister said the ‘Krishak Bandhu’ schemes are expected to benefit over 72 lakh farmers in the state. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced schemes for farmers, months ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Banerjee said that the state government will pay the premium on crop insurance schemes and will give farmers Rs 5,000 per acre annually, ANI reported. In case a farmer between the age of...
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30 lakh reapply for INClusion in Assam NRC -Rahul Karmakar
-The Hindu Exercise of claims ends; 600 objections have been filed GUWAHATI: About 30 lakh of the 40.07 lakh people left out of the final draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) published five months ago have applied again for INClusion during the claims and objections round that ended on Monday. During the phase, 600 objections also came in from those who doubted the citizenship of others INCluded in the draft. Deadline...
More »Mainstreaming victims of crimes -GS Bajpai
-The Hindu It is time to make victim impact statements mandatory In Mallikarjun Kodagil (Dead) v. State of Karnataka (2018), the Supreme Court stressed the need to have a victim impact statement “so that an appropriate punishment is awarded to the convict”. This throws up many issues that are of interest to the victims of crimes. The term victim came to be defined in criminal law only in 2009 in India. The victim...
More »As India rethinks labour rules, one item not on the agenda: Childcare facilities for women workers -Mirai Chatterjee
-Scroll.in Full-day, quality childcare can make a crucial difference in India’s fight against malnutrition, and can possibly enhance INComes of working women. Savitaben is a tobacco worker in Rasnol village, Gujarat. She has two young children under five years of age, and every morning she leaves them in a crèche run by the Self-Employed Women’s Association or SEWA, a trade union of over 15 lakh poor, self-employed women workers. The children are...
More »Transformation of Indian Agriculture? Growth, INClusiveness and Sustainability -S Mahendra Dev (IGIDR)
-Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, December 2018 (WP-2018-026) There are three goals of agricultural development in India. These are: (a) achieving high growth by raising productivity; (b) INClusiveness by focusing on lagging regions, small farmers and women; and (c) sustainability of agriculture. In this paper, we will address two questions: (a) How far India progressed in the three goals of agriculture in recent decades? (b) What are the policies...
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