Economy

 No substance in budget's agriculture hype

the Union budget for 2007-08 is big on illusions, small on vision. Despite the hype about its tilt towards the agriculture sector, the budget has failed to put together a package to bail out the

Publication Date: 
30/03/2007
Richard Mahapatra, Sandip Das
Down to Earth
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Agriculture, Wells, Groundwater Recharge, Water Management, Water Conservation, Irrigation, Economy, Landless, Rural Development, Planning, Finance, Services, Anti-Poverty Programmes, India, Statistics
India

 Job growth statistics conceal agrarian crisis

Should we feel comfortable with the latest government claim that unemployment is coming down? The government says unemployment has come down due to growth. During the 2006-07 budget, finance minister

Publication Date: 
30/03/2007
Richard Mahapatra
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Agriculture, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Unemployment, Government Of India (GOI), India, Statistics, Rural Poverty
Industry

 Agriculture: Don't fix is the government's fix

It can be said that Union budget, 2007, is high on symbolism and intent. Most people in and close to power acknowledge that something is spoiling booming India s party price rise, agricultural

Publication Date: 
30/03/2007
Sunita Narain
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Agriculture, Wheat, Legumes, Food Policy, Food Prices, Water Management, Trade, Economy, Farmers, Rural Development, Economic Development, Finance, Subsidies, Exports, Imports, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Industry, India
Agriculture

 Ministers fight over funding National Rainfed Area Authority

who should fund the National Rainfed Area Authority (nraa)? The issue remained unresolved even after the first meeting of the authority ended in Delhi in January this year. Set up in November

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
Sandip Das
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Dryland Farming, Groundwater Recharge, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Watershed Development, Conflicts, Anti-Poverty Programmes, India
Poverty

 Budget leak backward districts get short shrift

The Union budget 2007-08 will very likely slash development funds for the most backward regions of India by more than 48 per cent, say sources at the Union ministry of Panchayati Raj. Government is

Publication Date: 
27/02/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rural Development, Finance, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Panchayats, India, Rural Poverty
Industry

 2006: The waterloo year

THE year 2006 will go down as environment's watershed year. This is not because this year we have had extraordinary success in environmental management; there was also no environmental disaster per se. This year must be remembered because the task of environmental management has come to be even more contested and even more challenged. Protests against environmental degradation have grown. But so have efforts to deny environmental concerns or to dilute regulations.

Publication Date: 
14/01/2007
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Environment, Environment Economics, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Industry, India, Global, Environment Management, Poverty
Poverty

 MP High Court orders removal of names from BPL list

ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2006 the Madhya Pradesh High Court issued notices to the Union and state governments on the removal of 21,00,000 families from the below poverty line (bpl) list. The order came in

Publication Date: 
14/11/2006
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, High Court, Madhya Pradesh
Environment

 Washed away

The draft National Environment Policy has little on coast management

Publication Date: 
14/02/2005
K Soman
Down to Earth
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Environment, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Legislation, Coastal Development
Environment

 Development pool

Norway and Sweden have jointly set up a us $3.6-million fund to focus on environment-related efforts, which would help alleviate poverty. Over the next three years, this amount will be utilised to

Publication Date: 
30/08/2003
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Environment, Norway, Sweden, Anti-Poverty Programmes
Poverty

 Human rights and poverty eradication: A Talisman for the Commonwealth

THIS much-awaited report highlights the plight of the poor in these countries. The disparity between haves and have-nots have been documented in detail. The statistics are well highlighted. Take for

Publication Date: 
29/04/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Human Rights, Africa, Gambia, Tanzania, Statistics

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