Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
The world has been experiencing a dramatic surge in the price of many staple foods since 2005. The prices of cereals and oil have almost doubled in just one year. Soaring food prices and market instability have led to a threat to food security. This is particularly true for the …
Rory Carroll The number of people seeking help from aid agency feeding centres has tripled. At first sight the business resembles a thriving pottery. In a dusty courtyard women mould clay and water into hundreds of little platters and lay them out to harden under the Caribbean sun. The craftsmanship …
Commentarao S.L. Rao Results first Subsidies have been the albatross around the necks of finance ministers, from Manmohan Singh in 1991 to P. Chidambaram today. These have constrained the freedom to invest in agriculture and in infrastructure, both physical and social. This has resulted in increased inequalities in sectoral growth …
B. Muralidhar Reddy Member nations to sign accord for launch of SDF Heads of state likely to hold bilateral meetings To sign pact for Afghanistan's entry into SAFTA COLOMBO: The process for the SAARC Summit, scheduled here on August 2 and 3 was set in motion on Sunday with the …
Hunger and malnutrition deaths continue to be reported from Madhya Pradesh. Press reported that hunger forced a 11-year-old girl to commit suicide in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur town. It is story of Sanjeeda, a resident of Moti Nagar in Jabalpur, who committed suicide by hanging herself. She was hungry for the …
MILLIONS of Zimbabweans face starvation after the widespread failure of the latest harvest brought on by the Government's mishandling of land redistribution, and shortages in the shops caused by hyperinflation. The United Nations said hundreds of thousands of people required food aid immediately because they had harvested little or nothing …
-NGOs, activists point to government mismanagement SANTOSH KIRO An activist addresses NGO members at the symposium on Monday. Picture by Manik Bose Ranchi, July 21: Repeated reminders to the Jharkhand government to safeguard the common man's right to food have fallen on deaf ears in the state, some activists believe. …
BHUBANESWAR: All set to launch the Rs 2- a-kg BPL rice scheme from August 1, the State Government today decided to issue temporary ration cards by July 25 to those beneficiaries who have lost their cards. A high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik discussed the modalities of delivery …
World Bank would provide US$100m to Bangladesh in the first phase as budgetary support to help the country build food security. The assurance came yesterday after a meeting between WB Vice President for South Asia Region Isabel Guerrero and Finance Adviser Dr AB Mirza Azizul Islam at Planning Commission office …
Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that the Rs22 billion Food Stamp Scheme is being launched from Aug 14 for the people living below the poverty line in the province and 1.8 to two million families will benefit from it. He was presiding over a high-level meeting regarding …
The UN agencies and various NGOs are facing major shortfall in resources to respond to growing global food shortages and environmental disasters. According to an estimate, the United Nations, the International Organisation for Migration and 239 non-governmental organisations need an extra $3.4 billion to respond to the world's most severe …
An eleven-years-old girl, Sanjeeda of Anand Nagar, Jabalpur committed suicide due to hunger. Congress party on this surrounding the state government said that Mukhyamantri Annapurna Yojna is only on papers in such scenario the slogan of state government Garib Ki Thali Na Rahegi Khali has proved to be failed. Congress …
Maharashtra to introduce biometric cards, computerize PDS the Maharashtra government has decided to introduce biometric ration cards across the state to check corruption in the public distribution system (pds). Biometric cards will first be introduced in Mumbai and Pune in a year. The government will soon sign a contract with …
Another disputed dam: After Baglihar, Kishanganga dam has embroiled India and Pakistan in a water dispute. Union minister of state for power Jairam Ramesh recently asked the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) to expedite work on the 330-mw Kishanganga power project in Jammu and Kashmir, citing that Pakistan is also …
A report riles industrial farming nations and agribusiness The us, Canada and Australia have rejected an International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (iaastd), which believes there should be a shift in practising agriculture, to a
the verdict is finally out. Modern agricultural practices, espoused by the industrial farming model, and genetically modified crops are not good for the planet and its inhabitants, says the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development report. What lends weight to the conclusions of the report is …
The head of European Commission for Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) Bangladesh mission on Friday visited the United Nations World Food Programme's (WFP) distribution programme of relief food assistance among the rodent-affected poor people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), says a press release. Head of ECHO mission David Hill visited the …
The Assam Chamber of Commerce (ACC) has asked the government not to hold the traders responsible for the price rise to save their own skin. The trade body observed a dharna at Jail Road in Fancy Bazar to protest against price rise and to oppose the entry of big corporate …
Taking a serious note of irregularities in distribution of food to anganwari children, under the mid-day meal scheme in Barara sub-division, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Ashwini Mengi, has ordered an inquiry into the matter, which will be conducted by the Child Development Project Officer. Sources informed that the meals were being …
