• ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO BUY – S Y Qurasihi

    ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO BUY – S Y Qurasihi

    Paid news is not free speech. The commission is concerned about the undue influence that paid news can create in the mind of the voter. It is against free and fair polls. It could derail democracy. This is the address S Y Quraishi, Election Commissioner made to a seminar on paid news in Delhi on March 13, reprinted on March 12, 2010 by the [...]

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  • PUSSYFOOTING ON HEADLEY CASE

    PUSSYFOOTING ON HEADLEY CASE

    It has been established that Headley has been an agent for the Drug Enforcement Authority (DEA) of the United States. It is also a fact that he had visited Mumbai both before and after the terrorist attack in 2008. The attitude of the US authorities suggests that he has been a double-agent. It is inexplicable therefore why the UPA government is [...]

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  • PRODUCTION AND EXPORT OF COFFEE

    PRODUCTION AND EXPORT OF COFFEE

    Details regarding production and export of coffee during the last three years and the current year, State-wise, are given below. Production (Tonnes) State 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Karnataka 206025 191575 183860 205700 Kerala 59475 49000 57200 59250 Tamilnadu 18225 18100 16255 19350 Non Traditional areas (Andhra Pradesh & Orissa) 4085 3175 4870 5185 North Eastern Region 190 150 115 115 [...]

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  • DEVELOPMENT OF BACKWARD REGIONS

    DEVELOPMENT OF BACKWARD REGIONS

    The Minister of Panchayati Raj Dr. C.P.Joshi today informed the Lok Sabha that the the Government has identified 250 districts in 27 States as backward.  The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) implements the Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) Programme in these identified districts since 2006-07.  The BRGF Programme is designed to redress regional imbalances in development by providing funds for supplementing and converging existing developmental inflows in the identified districts.

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