Tag Archives: Farmers

Who’s encroaching? Noida eyes the Yamuna floodplain

Posted on February 14, 2009 by Ravleen

Noida eyes the Yamuna floodplain About 1,000 migrants lost their livelihood when their huts and crops on the Yamuna floodplain near the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border were razed in December. The Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department carried out the operation on a … Continue reading →

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Bail industry out – CII wants government to reconsider land acquisition bill.

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Ravleen

CII wants government to reconsider land acquisition bill. THE Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has opposed the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill 2007 likely to be tabled in the next session of Parliament. The CII in a press release said it … Continue reading →

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Pyrrhic Victory

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Ravleen

The US steals Kamal Nath’s party in Geneva The trade talks at the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva collapsed in the last week of July. The Union minister for Commerce, Kamal Nath, said India would not accede to the … Continue reading →

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On Tenterhooks in Geneva – Developing countries push for markets at WTO Mini-Ministerial

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Ravleen

Developing countries push for markets at WTO mini-ministerial Farmers’ associations all over India were holding protests demanding exclusion of agriculture as an agenda in the World Trade Organization (wto) talks, even as the organization’s mini-ministerial debated ways to secure “meaningful … Continue reading →

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