Takari Peasants' Struggle in Maharashtra Gail Omvedt Bharat Patankar The people of Khanapur taluka in Maharashtra have been agitating against a government irrigation scheme supposedly aimed at...
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MAHARASHTRA Bane of Mushrooming Sugar Factories H M Desarda CURRENTLY there is a political rat race on for putting up co-operative sugar factories in Maharashtra. There are already 96 sugar units...
the scientific basis of its proposal. In a four-month written 'dialogue' with the irrigation department and the executive engineer of the Takari scheme, the committee elaborated its points. When a...
water gets highly contaminated. In view of these adverse socio-economic and ecological considerations the policy on sugar factories and sugarcane cultivation needs to be radically reviewed;...
Women's Health Malini Karkal The Sixth International Women and Health meeting held in Manila in November last evidenced a growth of regional consciousness and also the forging of closer ties among...
Frederick F Clairmonte Given Kuwait's vast global financial interests, it was to be expected that the US would intervene to protect these interests. And in the bargain the Gulf war has served for...
Legislative Control of Public Spending K P Joseph Much of the Central budget during the last three years has been voted without any discussion in parliament and over 4 per cent of all Central...
monthly interest cost of half to one per cent. It is another matter that exports may come down due to the fall in the licence premium and worsen the foreign exchange reserves position.
Enhanced Cash Margins on Imports Fury without Fire Arun Goyal Will the measures announced by the Reserve Bank to curb the flow of imports achieve their purpose given the import dependence of the...
to their new consciousness about the roots of the system, women are now determined to actively encourage 'devadasis' to join them in the programme. Some have even pledged that they will not allow...
inspect accounts do not take with them the paid vouchers from their headquarters for verification of the amount with the office copies kept in the department. Major frauds can be easily detected in...
the important studies and planning regarding the dam, including command area treatment, catchment area treatment, seismicity, carrying capacity, rehabilitation, etc, which were specified in the...
Out of Alignment Currency movements in the world markets in recent months have not been in tandem with the movements in interest rates or the underlying economic conditions in the different...
EDUCATION Slowing Down Krishna Kumar The report of the Department of Education for 1989-90 shows that what little energy had gathered in the bureaucratic machinery of education in the wake of the...
stand, railway station and all approach roads to Nagpur to prevent Gaddar and team from entering Nagpur. Meanwhile, the Section 144 order was jointly challenged in the high court by Gaddar, ANM,...
