-Livemint.com * In 2006, Bihar abolished state-run mandis. What followed is a forewarning for India’s new farm laws * The system is rigged in favour of the traders who cheat on every possible parameter—from weight to moisture level—which is why very few farmers come to Bihar’s mandis to sell produce ARARIA/ PURNEA: Biren Bahardar thinks he is too small to raise his voice. Local traders can fleece at will while purchasing his harvest....
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How a Nationwide Register of Citizens violates Citizenship Laws and the Constitution -Mohammad Wasim
-TheLeaflet.in The primary question to ask is whether any existing law requires citizens to possess certain documents or to register as proof or condition of citizenship. There exists no such law or requirement under the citizenship laws in India, writes MOHAMMAD WASIM. IN the ever-shifting Landscape of the meaning and scope of citizenship, one feature has remained immutable—that citizenship is the bedrock of a gamut of other rights. Citizenship confers superior rights...
More »To start direct payment of MSP to farmers, FCI asks Punjab govt for Land records
-The Indian Express The March 4 letter said that FCI, Zonal Office (N), Noida, has directed that Land records are a must for wheat procurement in RMS 2021-22. JaLandhar: The Food Corporation of India’s (FCI) Punjab office on Thursday wrote to the director of food, civil supplies and consumer affairs seeking Land records of farmers so as to make direct online payment of Minimum Support Price (MSP) to their bank accounts from...
More »In the name of efficiency, NEP disregards children’s right to playgrounds -Srujana Bej
-The Indian Express The NEP’s assault on playgrounds deprives children, particularly those belonging to lower castes and the urban poor, of their right to play in safe and adequate spaces. Children, especially in urban areas, are disenfranchised from equitable spatial resources, despite being equal members of society. The access to playgrounds, the only Lands allotted for children’s needs, depends on class and caste privileges. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory...
More »Govt Land Barter Deal Dodges The Law, Benefits The Rich -Mridula Chari
-Article-14.com Instead of expensive, lawful compensation, about 10 states now offer farmers, Landowners a shiny barter deal: Hand over your Land, get a smaller plot when the area is ‘developed’. In Punjab, we investigate how developers get cheap Land and owners wait years. Mohali: In 2010, vegetable vendor Surjeet Singh handed over the nine-acre farm he and his family owned to the Punjab government’s Greater Mohali Area Development Authority, which hoped to...
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