THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Agriculture Department allegedly diverts funds allocated by the Coconut Development Board for measures to increase coconut yield and to replace disease-affected palms. This has been going on unnoticed for want of an efficient and scientific auditing system. According to department sources, substantial sums are being marked as ‘expenditure’ every year and the records [...]
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26 May
Government of India should import iron and steel and supply it to rural India
Hon. Dr Manmohan Singhji, Prime Minister, Govt. of India. New Delhi. Subject:-Government of India should import iron and steel and supply it to rural India. Respected Sir, Government has reduced the import duty on wheat, rice, edible oil and pulses to zero so as to bring down the inflation. Government has also stopped the export [...]
26 May
The NDA government had crushed farmers to tide over inflation
On 5/13/08, Jaideep Hardikar <jaideep.hardikar@gmail.com> wrote: pls see the letter tx jaideep ps: you may pls alter some sentences. To, Shri Lal Krishna Advani, Senior BJP leader and Opposition Leader, Lok Sabha, Subject: The NDA government had crushed farmers to tide over inflation. Greetings! Sixty years after India’s independence there appears no change in the [...]
25 May
Thanks to Vijay Jawandhiya on the points of inflation
Vijay Jawandhia Vijay Jawandhia is one of the leading farm activists in Vidarbha, the region that has India’s highest rate of farmers’ suicides – eight per day. Jawandhia was the founder member of the Shetkari Sanghatana. He is also President of the Kisan Co-ordination Committee, a coalition of farmers organizations across the country. For one [...]
4 May
Dharna aganist GM crops on may 6th at New Delhi
Dear Friends, The struggle to keep our crops. farmlands and food safe and protected from Genetic Engineering is going through a very decisive phase. Last year you may all remember that we wrote and sent letters signed by all to the Central Government – PM, Agriculture Minister and the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee demanding that [...]
21 Apr
Kerala reiterates its NO to GM crops and foods
PRESS RELEASE “Government of Kerala will not allow GM crops & foods: Kerala CM” Trivandrum, April 11, 2008: Speaking at the inauguration of a two-day national seminar on “GM Crops & Biodiversity Conservation” organised by the Kerala State Biodiversity Board, the Chief Minister of Kerala, Sri V S Achuthanandan assured the people of Kerala that [...]
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