-Hindustan Times New Delhi: The government has refused to divulge information about riot control weapons and ammunition used to disperse protesters, saying this was “sensitive defence information” and making it public could jeopardise the country’s security. A Delhi-based rights activist Venkatesh Nayak had filed a right to information (RTI) request asking the Ordnance Factory Board for details on the sale of weapons and ammunition, particularly pellet shotguns that have injured thousands of...
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Govt expects record foodgrains production in 2016-17: Agri Minister
-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: Despite a slowdown in the South West monsoon, the Centre has not given up hopes of a record foodgrains production in 2016-17. Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh, speaking to reporters at a conference on Thursday, did not specify a production figure but said that his Ministry was sticking to its stand that foodgrains production in the ongoing year would touch a record high. “This means that foodgrains...
More »Pulses send WPI racing to 2-year high
-The Hindu Business Line Hits 3.74% in August as potato, manufactured items get pricier New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation rose to a two-year high of 3.74 per cent in August pushed up by expensive pulses and potatoes as well as a sudden spike in prices of manufactured items. Wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation was 3.55 per cent in July and had contracted by 5.06 per cent in August last year. Previously, WPI inflation...
More »Indian farm sector worried after $66 b Bayer-Monsanto deal -KV Kurmanath
-The Hindu Business Line Hyderabad: Bayer’s takeover of Monsanto for $66 billion could trigger tremors in Indian agriculture. Stakeholders worry that the global consolidation will narrow choices for farmers. The merger will propel the merged entity into a leading player in the seed sector. Through their subsidiaries and joint ventures in India, the two firms will garner a major share in paddy, maize, vegetables and cotton and agrochemicals. “It will lead to concentration...
More »Centre to resume discussions on labour law reforms
-The Hindu New Delhi: A group of central ministers led by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will meet on Thursday to discuss the proposed labour code on wages and the Small Factories Bill, barely two weeks after trade unions led a nationwide strike to express opposition to proposed labour reforms. “The group of ministers will meet on Thursday to discuss the proposed code on wages,” Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said here on the...
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