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In Uttarakhand, politicians ignoring farmers’ issues
GWALDAM: There is a bizarre disconnect between the lives of people in this region and the electoral process, best exemplified by the crisis in agriculture. Unlike the rest of the country , almost every family has some land, although 54% have less than two hectares.…
Read more »Ghost villages
From the buzzing Rudraprayag town in the Garhwal hills, the 11-kilometre serpentine steep muddy stretch leads to more than half -a-dozen villages dotted on the hillside. In the last few years, theses villages – Cham Gudhera, Bilota, Gwar, Bauntha and Barsu have witnessed mass migration…
Read more »Panchayati Raj bill draws flak
Tribune News Service Dehradun, September 29 The Panchayati Raj Bill 2011 proposed by the BJP government has received flak from social organisations that have castigated the government for failing to draft a Bill that is in consonance with the 73rd amendment. “After spending Rs 8…
Read more »UPP may move Supreme Court
Rajeev Khanna Tribune News Service Nainital, September 23 The regional parties of the state, the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) and the Uttarakhand Parivartan Party (UPP), are unhappy with the High Court’s decision allowing any citizen of India to purchase 12.5 acres of agricultural land in…
Read more »Banding together, for their rights
Tribal women in Uttarakhand are standing up for their community rights, and resisting the dispossession of their lands by a nexus between powerful landlords and the government machinery. Puja Awasthi reports. 13 August 2011 (India Together) – One morning the pond named Haldubala was gone.…
Read more »Govt slammed for expelling women panchayat heads
Dehra Dun, Feb 20 (PTI) Women activists and NGOs have slammed the BJP government in Uttarakhand for expelling three women district panchayat heads on charges of embezzlement of funds. A host of women activists and their organisations have condemned the government”s action, saying the removal…
Read more »Deprived of basic amenities, Bageshwar women threaten stir
Lack of development belies state government’s tall claims Tribune News Service Nainital, February 18 Losing their patience over the failure of the administration to provide them with the basic amenities, the women from the rural areas of Bageshwar have threatened to launch a massive agitation…
Read more »Rural women play crucial role in state agriculture
Work-participation rate higher than national average Tribune News Service Nainital, January 9 In rural Uttarakhand, women are contributing up to 90 per cent of the total work in agriculture and animal care. The participation rate of women in the economy of the state is much…
Read more »Uttarakhand minister wants Centre to implement SAZ
Shishir Prashant / Business Standard / Dehra Dun June 25, 2010, 0:45 IST After not finding favours in his home state, Uttarakhand Agriculture Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has now decided to discuss the concept of Special Agriculture Zones (SAZs) with the Centre. With the state…
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