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Food security act to make people weaker
Issue Date: Jul 15, 2010
What is the agenda of the newly constituted Council?
A high support price for pulses
@Jyotika_Sood Issue Date: Jul 15, 2010
THE government has raised the minimum support prices for pulses by up to Rs 700. It is a 15-30 per cent increase over the previous year.
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Issue Date: Jul 15, 2010
US $1 TRILLION WORTH OF MINERALS
Green Fodder
0 Comments The main reasons for lack of fodder are water scarcity, resultant loss in agriculture and therefore byproducts of agriculture which are reserved for animal husbandry.Got Fodder?
Manju and Mukesh Gupta have had to reduce their milk intake because the two rupee per litre milk price hike has become too much of an expense. Meanwhile, Tughlakhabad Farm Owner Karam Vee explains increases in milk prices is the result of reduced fodder production.Asbestos Unit Disturbs Chainpur's Peace
An 18 hectare plot straddling lychees orchards and farms in Chainpur village of Muzaffarpur district is in the middle of a dispute. Balmukund Cement and Roofing Ltd, a cement and roofing company, is constructing an asbestos fibre and cement roofing plant on the land. Villagers nearby are opposing it because they say the company bought land from them on the pretext of building a farmhouse but instead started constructing the factory.Letters
Issue Date: May 15, 2010
Farmers’ fundamental right
We must have the right to decide whether we want to eat Bt brinjal (‘Don’t make a mash of it’, February 16-28, 2010). Similarly, farmers should also have the right to decide what food to grow since they will be affected the most. Why just Bt brinjal, farmers will be affected adversely by any genetically modified (GM) crop. Such crops will steal their freedom of choosing seeds.
Letters
Issue Date: May 31, 2010
Desert cash crops will make India poor
The western part of India, specifically the dry region, will play an important role in determining the Indian monsoon and even global climate patterns. Our team at the Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI) recently completed an analysis on groundwater depletion in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan and found an overall decline of 20 cm per year; there was no significant recharge through monsoon rainfall.
Letters
Issue Date: Apr 15, 2010
Relocated and damned
It is disheartening to learn the plight of residents of Bikhnathori village in Bihar who don’t have basic facilities like water and electricity (‘Corridor of uncertainty’, March 1-15, 2010).
Letters
Issue Date: Mar 31, 2010
Independence is a disqualification
US pressure on India to approve the commercial production of Bt brinjal was evident when Nina Fedoroff, science adviser to US secretary of state, visited India just when the environment minister was to take a decision on the GM crop. Fortunately, the minister put a moratorium on Bt brinjal.
