As sugarcane farmers punished by sugar factories and the governments! Biodiesel policy won’t work if it threatens food security! PM on his South African tour was publicised as talking of biofuels at the Brazil, S.Africa and India summit. But this is just public rations exercise only. Ethnol, biodiesel and green diesel! Do you know the…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
President Pratibha Patil’s first home visit
Proceeded by farmer’s suicide in Amravati! After PM’s Vidarbha package what hopes for farmers even if elections come? President’s prodding’s must help and the public would be interested to know the results! Surely, our economic reforms haven’t worked in favour of the farmers, the disadvantaged who live outside the cities. At least in the cities…
Vision and leadership in business only?
Why not in agriculture and peoples’ growth? This year’s human development index lets down India. India falls two steps downward! From 126 Indian slips to 128 rank! A national shame? We ask the decision makers, the leaders in politics and the corporate world! We read, day in and day out, in the urban press, in…
Our leaders don’t have any imagination!
You dont need a Nobel Prize winner to tell you what to do to abolish poverty and raise living standards! UPA government led by Manmohan Singh might be better than the NDA government led by Vajpayee. But the over all economic development was initiated by the NDA and it is the same road the UPA…
Latest UN Human Development Report
Puts India lower this year! India falls to rank 128, two places below than last year! The UN Human Development index is a clear measurable independent index on any country in the world to look at itself about what is happening in the world. India has been the source for much of the work to…
World university rankings leave out India!
Anyone cares for such state of affairs? Certainly not Manmohan Singh or Arjun Singh! This year’s annual rankings of the world’s best universities are out! What is news? What do Indian universities know about such news? There was no reaction whatever from whatever quarters you expect to have! Yes, no reaction from the Prime Minister,…
Land to the tillers? Land to the encroachers?
The new land rights in the time of Nandigrams and SEZs! Yes, so many new developments in the last few months! The Nandigram fires are not yet out. There is an undercurrent of new fermament. Across a wide spectrum of opinion and political self-survival! The CPI (M) could not have dreamt of such a turnout…
New optimism in the agri/food processing sectors!
FDI is growing in a big way. Projected to be Rs.1,300 crore by 2009! VC funds, innovative agro technologies can change the face of Indian agri/food sectors. Subodh Kant Sahay, Minister for food processing. Wants to create more agro-entrepreneurs! All agri universities must start agro entrepreneur’s courses! One of the unsung heroes of the Indian…