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Food Policy
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UPA-2 : Chanting the FDI Mantra for Multi Brand Retail Samadhi in India
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Dear All, Three points strike me as pertinent at this juncture : 1. Perverse logic - There is a perverse political logic that needs to be unravelled in the way UPA Prime Minister ManMohan Singh has stuck to Sharad Pawar as Agriculture Minister and had earlier eased in Anand Sharma in Commerce Ministry primarily with a twin mandate of... more »
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Agflation, Stagflation and Crony Capitalism - Egyptian Lessons for India
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Agflation, Stagflation and Crony Capitalism - Egyptian Lessons for
India
Dear All,
Tony Blair, the much discredited, archaic but stubbornly emphatic,
retired, longest serving British Prime Minister, has been taking to
the TV waves in a big way to attempt to second guess the direction of
Egypt after Tunisia and Wikileaks took the western diplomatic world by... more »
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UPA chants FDI Mantra for Multi Brand Retail Samadhi in India
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Critique of Discussion Paper : UPA Chants FDI Mantra for Multi Brand
Retail Samadhi in India
Subject : ISSUE OF DISCUSSION PAPER ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI)
IN MULTI BRAND RETAIL TRADING – MB-RT FORMAT IN INDIA
In line with many policy experiments in the liberalization agenda of
the ManMohan Singh era in Indian politics, this paper seems to be an... more »
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GM Potato Cultivation Green Light by European Commission - But Not for Food
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The EU has approved the cultivation of a genetically modified potato and the use of three types of altered maize, saying they don't pose a health risk. The go-ahead for the Amflora potato – developed by BASF SE, based in Ludwigshafen, Germany – was the first green light in 12 years to grow a genetically modified food in the EU.... more »
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UnDemocratic Science, Food Providers and Indian Agriculture
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Dear All, Bt Brinjal could be back because Science and Technology minister Prithviraj Chavan is trying to change the rules of the game. Mr. Chavan pushed for Bt Brinjal in a letter he copied word for word from a study funded by biotech seed companies, including Monsanto. He's furious over the widespread public rejection of Monsanto's Bt... more »
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Telangana and Joint Action Committee - Kodandaram Interview
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Spearheading the popular movement for a separate Telangana state is an unassuming professor of political science with the Osmania University. Kodandaram , convener of the Joint Action Committee (JAC), comprising various political parties and social movements, spoke to Rajashri Dasgupta: The JAC for Telangana seems a unique experiment.... more »
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Indian Farmer Suicides - Peepli Live at Berlin International Film Festival
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Bollywood star Aamir Khan's production venture Peepli Live, a strong satire on farmers' suicides in India, received a hearty reception at the press screening during the ongoing Berlin International Film Festival.Directed by Anusha Rizvi, the film, screened in the Berlinale Special section - part of the official selection of the Berlin... more »
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