-TheNewsMinute.com Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s advocacy of Zero Budget Natural Farming comes after the controversial farm laws were repealed. But further critical examination is crucial. In a televised address to the nation on the morning of November 19th, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought Forgiveness from farmers and the entire nation “with all sincerity of purpose and from the bottom of my heart” for aggressively and undemocratically promoting three controversial farm laws. He...
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Kanpur Industry Body Chief Dies in Traffic Held Due to President Kovind's Visit
-TheWire.in The Kanpur Nagar Police Commissionerate has tweeted on the matter, seeking "Forgiveness" and noting that this will be a "big lesson" for it. New Delhi: A woman reportedly died of post-COVID-19 complications in Kanpur on her way to the hospital while her vehicle was caught in traffic on Friday, June 25, because of diversions put up across the city for President Ram Nath Kovind’s convoy. The victim, 50-year-old Vandana Mishra, was the...
More »Niti Aayog bats for direct benefit transfer to farmers -Yogima Sharma
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Farmers could get annual income support of Rs 15,000 per hectare if the Niti Aayog’s proposal for an upfront subsidy through direct benefit transfer is accepted, said people with knowledge of the matter. The Aayog has suggested that all subsidies for agriculture, including fertiliser, electricity, crop insurance, irrigation and interest subvention be replaced by income transfer. Telangana and Odisha have adopted income support to help alleviate agrarian...
More »Justice, Forgiveness, and the call to forget -Rajeev Bhargava
-The Hindu Forgiveness can play a reparative role provided it is seen as complementary to justice, not a substitute for it Post-Partition, India has witnessed innumerable acts of collective violence of which three clearly stand out as the most barbaric: the Nellie massacre in Assam in 1983; the horrific slaughter of Sikhs in Delhi in 1984; and the diabolical pogrom in Gujarat in 2002. Need for retributive justice No society that calls itself civilised...
More »Open season for farm loan waivers
-The Telegraph In the long term, the only real solution to rural distress is to shift labour to more productive segments of the economy It has turned into an open season for farm loan waivers. Less than a week after assuming office, Congress governments in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have announced the waiver of crop loans up to two lakh rupees per farmer. The Congress president, Rahul Gandhi, has thrown down...
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