Maharashtra rejects more agri insurance claims even as farm suicides double

Over the last four years, the number of farmer suicides has doubled in Maharashtra — from 6,268 farmer suicides, between 2011 and 2014, to 11,995 between 2015 to 2018, according to a Right To Information (RTI) reply by the Maharashtra revenue department. A lofty insurance scheme initiated in December 2018 for farmers does not cover suicides thereby defeating its very purpose. And this may just be the tip of the iceberg.

New CRZ Rules Ignore Coastal Concerns, May Trigger Disaster

The new Coastal Regulations Zone 2018 notifications threaten to wreak havoc across India's coasts, along the Western coast of India, particularly along the Konkan coastline, directly affecting Goa and Mumbai all set to succumb to the greed of a profit-driven real estate industry.

Stunned By Law Mine, Goa Govt Treads Gingerly

In a breather for the mining industry, the Supreme Court on April 4 allowed the export of iron ore from loading points on river jetties in Goa while disposing a joint special leave application filed by Vedanta Resources and another local mining company. The bench of justices Madan Lokur and Deepak Gupta maintained that the iron ore for which royalty has been paid to the state government and has been extracted on or before March 15 this year should be allowed to be transported.