Parliamentary Documentation Vol.XLVII 16-30 April, 2021 No.8 AGRICULTURE -AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 1. Roadmap for nature-based and climate resilient livelihoods in Maharashtra. UDAY INDIA (NEW DELHI), V.12(No.5-6), 2021(28.3.2021 - 3.4.2021): P.40-41. Deals with watershed organisation Trust and other expert's vision for ecosystem-based adaption to climate change in Maharashtra. **Agriculture-Agricultural Research; Rural Maharashtra. 2. KAPIL, Shagun Breaking new ground. DOWN TO EARTH (NEW DELHI), V.29(No.23), 2021(16-30 April 2021): P.12-13; 15-16. Discusses the long-term going agricultural research in India and abroad. **Agriculture-Agricultural Research; Organic Farming; Soil Fertility. -FARMERS’ AGITATION 3. RAJALAKSHMI, T. K. Marching forward. FRONTLINE (CHENNAI), V.38(No.8), 2021(23.4.2021): P.62-65. Deals with the ongoing farmers movement against three farm laws. **Agriculture-Farmers’ Agitation; Farms and Farmers; Farm Laws. -FARMERS’ SUICIDE 4. SUKHPAL SINGH and OTHERS Agrarian crisis and agricultural labourer suicides in Punjab. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY (MUMBAI), V.56(No.13), 2021(27.3.2021): P.49-56. Focuses on the reasons responsible for suicides of agricultural labourers and agrarian crisis in Punjab. **Agriculture-Farmers’ Suicide; Agrarian Economy. -FARMS AND FARMERS 5. MAHAJAN, Anilesh S. Better deal for farmers. INDIA TODAY (NEW DELHI), V.46(No.17), 2021(26.4.2021): P.5-6. Deals with states move for direct benefit transfer to farmers for grain procurement for the national granary in place of paying through procurement agents. **Agriculture-Farms and Farmers; Direct Benefit Transfer; Arthiyas. 2 **-Keywords -FORESTS AND FORESTRY 6. MAHAJAN, Anilesh S. Why the hills are burning. INDIA TODAY (NEW DELHI), V.46(No.17), 2021(26.4.2021): P.8. **Agriculture-Forests and Forestry; Forest Fire; Uttarakhand. BIOGRAPHIES -PROMINENT PERSONS-GUPTA, SHAIBAL 7. DUBEY, Muchkund Shaibal Gupta : A life devoted to the service of Bihar. MAINSTREAM (NEW DELHI), V.59(No.10), 2021(20.2.2021). Pays rich tribute to Shaibal Gupta, Indian social scientist and political scientist whose work focused on the economy of Bihar. **Biographies-Prominent Persons-GUPTA, Shaibal. -PROMINENT PERSONS-JHA, DWIJENDRA NARAYAN 8. GHOSH, Suchandra To strive, to see and not to yield: An indomitable historian, Dwijendra Narayan Jha (1940-2021). ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY (MUMBAI), V.56(No.13), 2021(27.3.2021): P.28-30. Pays rich tribute to Dwijendra Narayan Jha, famous Indian historian. **Biographies-Prominent Persons-JHA, Dwijendra Narayan. -PROMINENT PERSONS-JHA, JATA SHANKAR 9. MOHD. HUSSAIN GANIE Jata Shankar Jha (1926-2021) : An obituary of a historian. MAINSTREAM (NEW DELHI), V.59(No.10), 2021(20.2.2021). Pays rich tribute to Jata Shankar Jha, famous Indian historian. **Biographies-Prominent Persons-JHA, Jata Shankar; Historian. COMMUNICATION -PHONE TAPPING 10. PARIHAR, Rohit Trial by FIRE. INDIA TODAY (NEW DELHI), V.46(No.15), 2021(12.4.2021): P.12-13. Deals with current situation in Rajasthan about phone tapping case. **Communication-Phone Tapping; Political Development-(Rajasthan). 3 **-Keywords COMPANY AFFAIRS AND MANAGEMENT -MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS 11. ARUN, M. G. Times to say TATA. INDIA TODAY (NEW DELHI), V.46(No.17), 2021(26.4.2021): P.44-47. Deals with legal battle between Cyrus Mistry and Tatas. **Company Affairs and Management-Multinational Corporations; TATA Group. CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION -ARTS 12. JOSHI, Yugal Kishore Indian folk art: An information, education and communication tool. KURUKSHETRA (NEW DELHI), V.69(No.6), 2021(April 2021): P.10-15. Discusses the important role played by folk media in Swacch Bharat Mission (SBM). **Culture and Civilization-Arts; Folk Media. DEFENCE -DEFENCE PRODUCTION-(INDIA) 13. SINGH, N. B. Self-reliance in general munitions and energeties need for a vision. UDAY INDIA (NEW DELHI), V.12(No.5-6), 2021(28.3.2021 - 3.4.2021): P.42-45. Emphasises on the need for indigenous development and production of general munitions for Indian Army. **Defence-Defence Production-(India); Arms and Armament; Armour Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot (APFSDS). -DEFENCE RELATIONS-(INDIA-UNITED STATES) 14. JOHN CHERIAN Ganging up. FRONTLINE (CHENNAI), V.38(No.8), 2021(23.4.2021): P.79-82. Deals with defence relation of India with USA. **Defence-Defence Relations-(India-United States). -DEFENCE RESEARCH 15. SAGAR, Pradip R. Sagar Fit for the future. WEEK (KOCHI), V.39(No.17), 2021(25.4.2021): P.56-58. Emphasises on the need to embark emerging trends and technology and improvement of performance of scientific community in DRDO in India. **Defence-Defence Research; Scientific and Industrial Research. 4 **-Keywords -NAVY 16. UNNITHAN, Sandeep India's nuclear sharks. INDIA TODAY (NEW DELHI), V.46(No.17), 2021(26.4.2021): P.34-39. Analyses the delay in finalising the proposal of Indian Navy for indigenously build, six nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNS) with Cabinet Committee on Security. **Defence-Navy; Submarines; Nuclear Development. ECONOMIC GROWTH -ECONOMIC CRISIS 17. ASHUTOSH KUMAR Economy: On the slow coach. BUSINESS TODAY (NEW DELHI), V.30(No.8), 2021(18.4.2021): P.44-50. Analyses the progress of Freight Corridor Project of Indian Railways. **Economic Growth-Economic Crisis; Freight Corridor; Railways; Road Transport. 18. KELKAR, Nachiket Booster shot. WEEK (KOCHI), V.39(No.17), 2021(25.4.2021): P.46-48. Emphasises on the need for mass vaccination in India to cope with economic crisis due to coronavirus lockdown. **Economic Growth-Economic Crisis; Coronavirus; Lockdown; Pandemic. 19. MAHAPATRA, Richard Mass poverty is back in India. DOWN TO EARTH (NEW DELHI), V.29(No.23), 2021(16-30 April 2021): P.8. Shows concern over emerging economic crisis and mass poverty in india due to sudden outbreak of second wave of coronavirus in India. **Economic Growth-Economic Crisis; Lockdown; Covid 19; Second Wave; Pandemic; Coronavirus. -POVERTY 20. RAJALAKSHMI, T. K. Poorer in pandemic. FRONTLINE (CHENNAI), V.38(No.8), 2021(23.4.2021): P.92-94. Analyses the PEW research centre (PRC) report that how COVID-19 pandemic affect the middle classes in South Asia and India. **Economic Growth-Poverty; Coronavirus; Pandemic. 5 **-Keywords EDUCATION -EDUCATION POLICY-(INDIA) 21. BHONDE, Pranav and EKAKI Wrongs of right to education act. ORGANISER (NEW DELHI), V.72(No.42), 2021(11.4.2021): P.38-41. Analyses the proliferation of minority run schools in India. **Education-Education Policy-(India); Minority Institutions. -EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION 22. MAJUMDAR, Saikat Education India (pvt.) Ltd. OUTLOOK (NEW DELHI), V.61(No.14), 2021(12.4.2021): P.12-14. Emphasises on the need for academic freedom without political interference both in public and private educational institution in India. **Education-Educational Institution; Private Universities. -ONLINE EDUCATION 23. ABHINAV SINGH Courses of action. WEEK (KOCHI), V.39(No.16), 2021(18.4.2021): P.60-61. Deals with the major merger and acquisition in edtech segment in India. **Education-Online Education; Edtech; Educational Institutions. -PRIVATE SCHOOLS 24. TANUKA ENDOW Learning and language: English as medium of instruction in low-cost private schools. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY (MUMBAI), V.56(No.13), 2021(27.3.2021): P.57-63. Explores the learning achievement and languages issues at the primary levels in English medium low-cost private schools. **Education-Private Schools; National Education Policy; Language; Teaching. ELECTIONS -VOTING PROCEDURE 25. DURAI, S. Raja Sethu and SRINIVASAN, R. How the bureaucracy votes matters. FRONTLINE (CHENNAI), V.38(No.8), 2021(23.4.2021): P.31-32. Draws attention towards the postal voting importance in the State assembly elections. **Elections-Voting Procedure; Postal Vote. 6 **-Keywords ENVIRONMENT -GLOBAL WARMING 26. SANGOMLA, Akshit Uneasy spring. DOWN TO EARTH (NEW DELHI), V.29(No.23), 2021(16-30 April 2021): P.18-19. Shows concern over fluctuations in Earth's climatic conditions. **Environment-Global Warming; La Nina. -NATURAL CALAMITIES-FLOODS 27. JAIN, Shruti Construction of calamities in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY (MUMBAI), V.56(No.13), 2021(27.3.2021): P.40-48. Draws attention towards the environmental impact of Hydropower projects on the Uttarakhand rivers. **Environment-Natural Calamities-Floods; Dams; Hydropower Plants. FINANCE -BANKS AND BANKING 28. BANG, Nupur Pavan and KAUL, Vivek Bad bank, bad loans and the Indian banking mess. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY (MUMBAI), V.56(No.13), 2021(27.3.2021): P.13-16. Focuses on the various initiatives taken by the government and the RBI to tackle the bad debts and also try to find out the reasons for non-performing assets in Indian banks. **Finance-Banks and Banking; Non Performing Assets; Bank Credit. -BUDGET-(INDIA) 29. DHARAN, A. Sunil Union budget 2021-22 : Long on promises, short in content. MAINSTREAM (NEW DELHI), V.59(No.9), 2021(13.2.2021). Reviews the union budget 2021-22 presented by Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman. **Finance-Budget-(India). FLAGS AND EMBLEMS -(INDIA) 30. RAO, Duggaraju Srinivasa Centenary year for National flag design. UDAY INDIA (NEW DELHI), V.12(No.5-6), 2021(28.3.2021 - 3.4.2021): P.34-35. Deals with celebrating 31 March 2021 as a centenary year for National Flag design. **Flags and Emblems-(India). 7 **-Keywords FOODS -FOOD PROCESSING 31. PUNJ, Shwweta No thought for food. INDIA TODAY (NEW DELHI), V.46(No.12), 2021(22.3.2021): P.54-58. Deals with the India's ambitious attempts to develop large food processing hubs. **Foods-Food Processing; Food Parks. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT -HEALTHCARE 32. JAYAKUMAR, P. B. and MATHEW, Joe C. Industry: Consolidation in healthcare. BUSINESS TODAY (NEW DELHI), V.30(No.8), 2021(18.4.2021): P.52-58. Throws light on the growth of healthcare industry in India. **Industrial Development-Healthcare; Industries; Hospitals. -SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES 33. BARUAH, Sriparna B. MSME: A powerful engine of India's economic growth. KURUKSHETRA (NEW DELHI), V.69(No.6), 2021(April 2021): P.26-30.