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The amendments proposed by the agriculture minister to the seed bill seriously compromises the rights of the peasantry to grow, sow, re-sow, save, use, exchange, share or sell their farm seeds and planting material. The bill in the present form will lead to unrestricted commercialisation of varieties in the public domain, including farmers’ varieties. the agriculture minister has disregarded the [...]
Government is committed to the enactment of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) which, inter-alia, envisages entitling every Below Poverty Line (BPL) family to a certain quantity of foodgrains each month at subsidized prices. An Empowered Group of Ministers is examining various issues relating to the proposed Act.
THE announcement by the Israeli government in late March that it would go ahead with settlement building in the Palestinian dominated parts of Jerusalem was a direct snub to its main patron, the USA. The announcement had come when the US Vice President, Joseph Biden, was on a visit to the country. The Palestinian Authority (PA), already under criticism from other Palestinian groups for its [...]
Pegging their arguments on the still-ongoing drama relating to sovereign debt in Greece, conservative opinion is making a case for a reduction of the size of public debt in developed and developing countries across the world. The latest signatory to the appeal is IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn who reportedly told an audience at the inaugural conference of the Soros-funded (Financial [...]
Endemic skeletal fluorosis is a disease caused by excessive ingestion of fluoride through water, food or both. The upper limit of optimum fluoride level in drinking water for a tropical country like India is 0.5 ppm. The upper limit of safe total intake of fluoride from food and water per day for an adult is 5 milligrams (WHO-2002). The [...]
THE results of the Iraqi general elections held in the first week of March were announced on March 28 after a painstaking three week. The final results gave the largest number of seats to the Iraqiya coalition led by Iyad Allawi, closely followed by the incumbent prime minster, Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law Alliance. Allawi’s party got 91 seats while the [...]
Professor Madabhushi Sridhar Director, Center for Media Law Studies & Policy NALSAR University of Law Hyderabad I. Introduction: The Fall 1. Unethical Mixing: ‘Facts are sacred and comment is free’ is the basic norm of journalism. This is reinterpreted as ‘news is sacred and views are free’. But the situation is changed to: ‘false news is for a price and [...]
PEOPLE on the other side of our western borders have now given indications — aplenty — that they are against any recurrence of army raj in their country. On April 8, the Qaumi (National) Assembly, lower house of Majlis-e-Shoora in Pakistan, passed the 18th Amendment unanimously, which gives the document a real historic importance. It may or may not be [...]
THE indefinite strike of BSNL workers has been called off after discussion with communications and IT minister A Raja on April 20, 2010. The strike was complete all over the country with most of the 3000 and odd BSNL offices completely deserted due to strike by executive and non-executive employees numbering more than three lakhs. Many offices stood closed since nobody [...]
A NATIONWIDE indefinite strike of around three lakh public sector telecom company BSNL employees is set to begin from April 20, 2010. This strike is happening at the call of the Joint Action Committee of BSNL Associations/Unions which cover both the executives and non-executives of the company. A one day massive dharna was successfully organised on March 26, 2010 to [...]
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in their report on the Performance Audit of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has made some recommendations to rationalize fund flow arrangements for speedy transfer of funds from Government of India to States, States to Districts and below, to minimize unspent balances, streamlining accounting procedures and proper maintenance of accounts. Further, it has also [...]
In order to improve commercial relations with neighbouring countries, the Government of India has signed the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA). India also provides preferential trade exchange to the neighbouring countries under Bangladesh,India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) and Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) as well as under Duty Free Tariff Preferential (DFTP) Scheme. Besides, GOI has a number of bilateral agreement and discussions which helps deliberating upon [...]
The details of exports of perishable items like vegetables, fruits, groundnuts, floriculture, livestock products etc., both in quantity and value, are as under: Quantity in MTs; Value: Rs. in crores
The Report of the Group of Ministers on National Security has six chapters. The Ministry of Defence has been designated as the nodal Ministry for implementation of Chapters VI on ‘Management of Defence’, which contains 75 recommendations. Out of these, 63 recommendations have been implemented and action on four recommendations is in various stages of progress. Eight recommendations of the [...]
As per National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-3 (2005-06), the percentage of children below 5 years of age who are underweight and anaemic is 42.5% and 69.5% respectively, in the country. The problem of malnutrition is multi-dimensional and multi-sectoral in nature. A single sector or scheme can not address the problem of malnutrition. The Government has been implementing several schemes/programmes of different Ministries/Departments through State Governments/UTs which impact [...]
Data received from States reveal that pulses have been sown in 147.42 lakh ha area as compared to last year’s coverage of 138.68 lakh ha. till date. It is about 8.75 lakh ha. More than last year’s sown area. The cropped areas this year and last year for major rabi crops as on 22nd April are as follows:
The world capitalist system is coming to its terms with new development called Dollar Carry Trade. This was highlighted during the high profile visit of Obama to China recently. Before that in October 2009, the annual sessions of IMF and World Bank held at Istambul, Turkey focused its attention by asking China government to hike its currency value in order [...]
The currency of Corporate Safety will come to an end on March 31, 2013. Railways are striving to minimize the number of accidents and exceed the targets of the Corporate Safety Plan (CSP). Upto the financial year ending March 31, 2009, 75.05 per cent safety related works indicated in this plan have been completed. The remaining works are likely to [...]
BUDGET Presentation of Budget 204. (1) The Annual Financial Statement or the Statement of the Estimated Receipts and Expenditure of the Government of India in respect of each financial year (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Budget’) shall be presented to the House on such day as the President may direct. (2) The Budget shall be presented to the House in [...]
The opposition has move cut motions in parliament this has raised storm in the political circles in the country. It is there fore necessary to understand and the meaning of cut motion, how it is presented and how it is admitted. . A motion may be moved to reduce the amount of a demand in any of the following ways:- [...]
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