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The economics of food management by Harish Damodaran
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the Supreme Court to take notice.
At the heart of the mess is, obviously, flawed foodgrains management. The Government, in recent times, has been procuring more and more quantities of grain from Farmers. Increased procurement has, however, not been matched by correspondingly redoubled efforts at releasing the grain where and when necessary. By doing the former well and not the latter, the Government has ended up being a net buyer from the market, |
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Right to Food Campaign wants APL included in PDS by Gargi Parsai
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sion of Antyodaya entitlements to all the priority groups without any quota/limit on the number of households living at the risk of hunger. This would include landless agriculture labourers, marginal Farmers, rural artisans/craftsmen, slum dwellers, daily-wage earners, single-women and widows-headed households, children or terminally-ill persons, disabled persons, senior citizens with no assured means of subsistence, persons living with HIV/AIDS, home |
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Maya govt scraps Aligarh project, unveils new deal for Farmers’ land
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The Uttar Pradesh government today scrapped the project for a township near Aligarh and Chief Minister Mayawati unveiled a new policy for rehabilitation of Farmers, saying her “government and party were totally against forceful acquisition of Farmers’ land”.
Under the new policy, there will be provision of annuity for 33 years to a farmer whose land is acquired. This will |
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UP Farmers to get stake in projects by Virendra Singh Rawat
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tung by Farmers’ protest over land acquisition for the ongoing Yamuna Expressway project in western Uttar Pradesh, the state government today announced a new policy for land acquisition and rehabilitation of land owners.
The policy promises sops, including equity share in the development projects, for land owners.
Land acquisition hurdles have put brakes on several ambitious projects of the state government, including the Yamun |
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Parliamentary panel against sugar decontrol
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The parliamentary panel on food and agriculture has recommended against sugar decontrol, claiming the move will go against the interest of Farmers as well as consumers. The views of this panel, expressed in a report tabled in the Parliament yesterday, are not binding.
“The committee is of the opinion that if the entire control on manufacturing and distribution of sugar is removed, the PDS scheme will be adversely affected, as suga |
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Pawar pushes for sugar decontrol, presents case before prime minister
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case for decontrol, Mr Pawar is understood to have made a “detailed presentation” to the prime minister on the advantages of sugar sector decontrol to the retail consumers and to the cane Farmers.
Farmers will be able to sell sugarcane to the mill that pays the highest and not stick to a specific cane area under the decontrol scenario, Mr Pawar said. Mills had asked that the designated can |
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Farmer's suicide: Villagers detain govt officer
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Demanding adequate compensation to the family of a debt-ridden farmer who allegedly committed suicide, irate Farmers in Orissa''s Kendrapara district today detained a senior government officer for three hours, police said.
The incident took place at Andara village when Pattamundai tehsildar Pabitra Mohan Pradhan went there to investigate the alleged debt-induced suicidal death, they said.
Locals squatted on the road leading to the vi |
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Pawar pushes for sugar decontrol, presents case before prime minister
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for decontrol, Mr Pawar is understood to have made a “detailed
presentation” to the prime minister on the advantages of sugar sector
decontrol to the retail consumers and to the cane Farmers.
Farmers
will be able to sell sugarcane to the mill that pays the highest and not stick
to a specific cane area under the decontrol scenario, Mr Pawar said. Mills had
asked t |
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Parliamentary panel against sugar decontrol
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The parliamentary panel on food and agriculture has recommended against sugar decontrol, claiming the move will go against the interest of Farmers as well as consumers. The views of this panel, expressed in a report tabled in the Parliament yesterday, are not binding.
“The committee is of the opinion that if the entire control on manufacturing and distribution of sugar is removed, the PDS scheme will be adversely affected, as sugar mills wi |
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Third farmer suicide in drought-hit Bardhaman district
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Even though the West Bengal government is yet to confirm that suicides by Farmers in the Ausgram block of Bardhaman district are drought-related, following the third incident on Wednesday, district authorities admitted on Thursday that the Farmers were “under a stress of debt burden.”
“It is not possible to be sure whether the suicides are drought-related or not, but it is clear t |
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