Archive for June, 2007
Displacing Indian Farmers : UPA Coalition Government Prepares Blueprint
India will have 400 million agricultural refugees :
By Devinder Sharma
It was on the cards. With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announcing the formation of a new rehabilitation policy for farmers displaced from land acquisitions, it is now official — farmers have to quit agriculture.
Ever since the Congress led [...]
Before Water Disappears – by Devinder Sharma
An Australian TV journalist asked me the other day: “Rice farmers in India are drilling millions of tube wells in a desperate search for water. Isn’t such over-exploitation of groundwater going to lead to a catastrophic situation in the years [...]
VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI -
REGD. OFFICE: 11, TRISARAN SOCIETY, KHAMALA, NAGPUR – 440 025.
PH. 2282447/457 MOBILE-9422108846. vidarbha@gmail.com
REF: – FARMER’S SUICIDES
DATED-18th June, 2007
Ø HUNDERES OF FARMERS STARTED DHARANA AGITATION BEFORE BANK FOR FRESH CROP A S BANKS REFUSED TO GIVE FRESH CREDIT TO FARMERS IN VIDARBHA .
MOHAN DHARIA SUPPORT VIDARBHA FARMERS LOAN WAIVER STIR
NAGPUR-18th June 2007
HUNDREDS [...]
Cricketers Maharashtra Ministers and Indian Cattle
Graze Cattle on Indian BT Fields ? Trust Indian Dairy Products ? Think Again ! !
If you are reading this news item in English, chances are that you are lucky not to be grazing sheep and cattle on Indian BT cotton fields of Andhra Pradesh. However, if you are a [...]
India US Wheat Row – Wheat and Weeds
Indo – US Wheat Row – Weeding Out Wheat
It is a queer case of double standards. Claiming highest quality standards in the [...]
NDC and Agriculture – Krishi Bhasha Sambhrant Varga Aur Bharat -
Right Language, Wrong Direction : By Devinder Sharma
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had time and again promised to launch a major initiative for the revival of the ailing farm sector. Addressing recently the 53rd meeting of the National Development Council (NDC) in New Delhi, he used [...]