Landless poor march to Delhi. Then what?
Faced with 25,000 landless people from across the country marching up to parliament on October 29 to register their protest, the United Progressive Alliance (upa) government announced the creation of
Faced with 25,000 landless people from across the country marching up to parliament on October 29 to register their protest, the United Progressive Alliance (upa) government announced the creation of
Aprovincial parliament in Argentina recently suspended all open-pit mining and also stopped issuing new exploration and mining permits in the province, citing environmental threat. The Mendoza
the cabinet gave its nod to the amendments in the Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill 2005 on December 7, 2006. It has decided to go along with the recommendations of the joint
The biodiversity bill has the potential of challenging the much hated formal intellectual property rights system of the TRIPs
The economic growth rate is likely to be 8.7 per cent in the review year 2007-08 as per the Economic Survey report presented in the Parliament. Finance Minister, P Chidambaram expressed concern over continuous rise in inflation. The expected growth rate of 8.7 per cent is as per the trend of the economy, it is informed. The Survey recommends reforms for strengthening of the rupee and to check fall in industrial demand to achieve growth rate of 10 per cent. Finance Minister said that central government and Planning Commission both would have to come forward for the reforms in policies and institutional reforms so that in the coming decades foundation for higher economic growth could be laid. Concern was expressed on economic slowdown in America, effect of strong position of rupee, slow industrial production due to decreasing demand of consumer items and lack of basic facilities of commodity and social sector. There is need to meet challenges both at the central and the state-level. These policies of central government should be managed well and the inflation should be checked with a view to strong economic system. The states should also reform their system in government and semi-government services. Real rate of interest should be according to inflation and in this connection loan and share market should be made liberal. We are behind in agriculture sector. Efforts are on for reforms in this direction. The survey calls for removal of hurdles coming in the path of modernisation and advancement of agriculture. According to the review, investments and savings and debt and loans are decided through real rate of interest. With a view to control inflation, agriculture needs to be modernised. The survey says the government is committed to make the economy strong, to increase pace of development and economic growth rate. Efforts on checking inflation are being made and proper measures would be adopted in this connection.
Even before the applause for a Budget
The Cabinet decision last week to bring the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2008, before Parliament is a step that should have been taken at least six years ago.
THE BJP has demanded that the Centre demonstrate that it was serious about ameliorating the condition of farmers by preparing a ten-year action plan for the revival of the sector.
Paving the way for setting up of an authority to regulate food items across the country, the Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Bill to amend the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
There is an indifferent attitude, almost of a colonial type, in the mainland of India towards NE.