First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
India
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Wait over, Mineral Policy gets Cabinet nod
The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave approval in principle to the long-awaited National Mineral Policy. The new policy is likely to attract foreign direct investment to the tune of $250 million per annum. It is expected open up country's huge untapped mineral deposits besides helping mineral-rich states earn more revenue as it talks about progressing towards an ad-valorem duty structure. An amendment Bill would be introduced during the Budget Session to bring about suitable amendments in the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
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Loan-waiver scheme
Loan-waiver or one-time settlement for the farm sector is not something new or a unique step taken for the farm sector in this year's Central budget.
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Rejuvenating agriculture with the help of the small farmer
The small farmer might be the solution to the ongoing crisis in the farming sector in India.
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India's common people: Who are they, how many are they and how do they live?
This paper attempts to define the common people of India in terms of levels of consumption and examines their socio-economic profile in different periods of time since the early 1990s with a view to a
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The 2005 global report on purchasing power parity estimates: A preliminary review
The fifth (2005) round of the World Bank's International Comparison Program, which produces estimates of the gross domestic product at purchasing power parity prices, has been the most extensive and
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On Metro Rail systems
The article
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Dispelling doubts on waiver
The funding package announced by Finance Minister P.
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Seeds of hope
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the most comprehensive repository of the world's agricultural diversity created in the remote island of Spitsbergen in the Arctic, is a symbol of humanity's concern
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Forest cover: Punjab at bottom
Despite massive investments in plantations for the past more than 10 years, Punjab continues to have one of the lowest forest cover in the country in terms of percentage.
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How to kill a tiger (Editorial)
A few weeks ago this newspaper was kind enough to publish an article I wrote on the sorry fate of the tiger. The article may have just worked.