Andhra Pradesh

The state Government has ordered a case to be registered and an investigation by the CID into the irregularities in selecting BHC Agro (India) Private Limited as consultants for a pilot project

Publication Date:

25/02/2009

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Irrigation, Farmers, Andhra Pradesh, Chittoor (D)

Governance And Institutions

Lack of community participation in the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan: A case study

The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, among other things, seeks to promote community participation in school education. The programme has completed its first phase of five years of implementation. This article evaluates the working of the school education management committee in a tribal area of East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

Publication Date:

21/02/2009

Author(s): Vasanta Srinivasa Rao

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

44

Issue:

8

pp:

61

Tags:

Governance And Institutions, Education, Public Participation, India, Andhra Pradesh, East Godavari

Mining

Resource federalism in India: The case of minerals

While natural resources are spatially located, their development is of a wider national interest. Gains from their development accrue to a large common market though the process affects local lives and environments. The distribution of powers and functions across levels of government and the way they play out determine the effectiveness with which various policy goals are met.

Publication Date:

21/02/2009

Author(s): Ligia Noronha, Nidhi Srivastava, Divya Datt & et al

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

44

Issue:

8

pp:

51

Tags:

Land Acquisition, Mining, Minerals, Development, Displacement, Tribals, Conflicts, Benefit Sharing, India, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha), Rajasthan, West Bengal

People

Understanding powerloom weavers suicides in Sircilla

An oligopolistic market, fluctuating market conditions, inadequate modernisation and the subordinate status of hired workers have contributed to the poor living conditions of workers in Sircilla, a powerloom centre of Andhra Pradesh. The state and central governments need to intervene in a more organised fashion to end the distress.

Publication Date:

21/02/2009

Author(s): S Galab, E Revathi

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

44

Issue:

8

pp:

12

Tags:

Textile Industry, Economy, People, Handloom Workers, Finance, Cottage Industry, Andhra Pradesh, Karimnagar (D), Globalisation

Energy

Free power for AP farmers to continue for five more years

The Congress Government in Andhra Pradesh launched a drive to ensure the farmers that the policy of free electricity to the agriculture sector will continue for another five years.

Publication Date:

18/02/2009

Source: Pioneer (New Delhi)

Tags:

Farmers, Rural Energy, Electricity, Andhra Pradesh

Natural Disasters

Homeless still

A tribunal finds the rehabilitation of victims of the tsunami in most affected regions far from satisfactory.

Publication Date:

13/02/2009

Author(s): S. Viswanathan

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Tsunami, Housing Construction, Rehabilitation, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu

Agriculture

Farm loan with 3 per cent interest launched in AP

Continuing its election eve showering of sops, the Congress Government in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday launched

Publication Date:

09/02/2009

Source: Pioneer (New Delhi)

Tags:

Agriculture, Farmers, Andhra Pradesh

Water Resources

Study alternate water modes on war footing, SC tells Govt

Warning of a social unrest over the prevailing water crisis in the country, the Supreme Court has suggested the Government study alternate modes of conserving water and devise strategies to create buffer stock of drinking water on a

Publication Date:

09/02/2009

Source: Pioneer (New Delhi)

Tags:

Dams, Water Disputes, Supreme Court, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha)