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April
30 , 2009
Farmers’
issues relegated to backstage
KARUR:
Farmers in the region have sore that their plight, demands and issues have =
been
pushed to the backburner by the political parties and candidates who are mo=
re
obsessed with things alien to their daily life. In fact, a section of the
farmers say that they have been rendered faceless in the elections.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/04/30/stories/2009043053780300.htm
Call to strictly
implement tribal land laws
Udhagamandalam:
A demonstration to draw the attention of the authorities to the problems
confronting dalits, Sri Lankan repatriates and tribals was organized under =
the
aegis of the Neelamalai Makkal Kootamaipu (NMK) and the Karikiyur Adivasi
Makkal Mempattu Maiyam here on Wednesday.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/04/30/stories/2009043051750300.htm
Lion’s sha=
re
for crop loans
VIZIANAGARAM:
Collector G. Ram Narayana Reddy on Wednesday released the annual credit plan
that was put at Rs.1210 crores for 2009-10.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/04/30/stories/2009043052030300.htm
Ambitious target=
set
for NREGS this fiscal
BANGALORE:
Even though the State Government utilised only 55 per cent of the funds
allocated under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in
2008-09, it has set an ambitious target of spending Rs. 1,200 crore under t=
he
scheme in 2009-10.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/04/30/stories/2009043054650500.htm
Raichur achieves 95 per cent of grain producti=
on
target
Raichur:
The district has achieved 95 per cent of its target in foodgrain production=
for
the kharif season during 2008-09. It produced a total of 3.36 lakh tonnes of
foodgrains as against a target of 3.57 lakh tonnes.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/04/30/stories/2009043051240300.htm
Multiplier
accelerator synergy in NREGA
Over
the last few months, just as the economy entered its current recessionary
phase, the mainstream media, which till then had been uniformly unswerving =
in
their antipathy to NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), suddenly
began to sing its praises. In all the gloom and doom, we are told, rural In=
dia
is shining.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/04/30/stories/2009043055630800.htm
Vegetable, grain=
s,
cereal prices again skyrocketing
Vegetable
prices in the City are on the rise again, with the cost of peas, capsicum,
beans and tomato going up by almost 50 per cent.
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Apr302009/city20090430133339.asp=
Parties getting =
away
with 'green' platitudes
As
things stand, environment and ecology are issues that hold more appeal to t=
he
educated urban classes than other sections of the population. Their appeal =
as
an election issue is limited.
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Apr302009/panorama20090429133243=
.asp
International
Report lists wor=
st,
best cities for air quality
LOS
ANGELES - Sixty percent of Americans live in areas with unhealthy air pol=
lution
levels, despite a growing green movement and more stri=
ngent
laws aimed at improving air quality
,
the American Lung Association said in a report released Wednesday that also
listed the healthiest and unhealthiest cities across the U.S. in terms of a=
ir
quality.
http://www.enn.com/poll=
ution/article/39816
Climate countdow=
n:
Half a trillion tonnes of carbon left to burn
The
world has already burned half the fossil =
fuels
necessary to bring about a catastrophic 2C rise in average global temperature, scientists revealed
today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/29/fossi=
l-fuels-trillion-tonnes-burned
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