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Some great news to cheer about. However, The Financial Express wishes to see this as a problem. http://in.news.yahoo.com/241/20090227/1273/top-fe-editorial-cereally-challenged.html "India's food economy is looking at a problem of plenty. Government granaries are holding quantities of wheat and rice far above their buffer norms. Plus, wheat production in 2009 is estimated to be a near-record 78 million tonnes. Government wheat stocks in the central pool on February 1, 2009 are estimated to be 20.19 million tonnes, while rice stocks are estimated to be 16.77 million tonnes. Wheat stocks on April 1, 2009 is expected to be around 10.31 million tonnes, far above the year-ending buffer requirement of 4.0 million tonnes, while rice stocks on October 1, 2009 are projected to be 5.91 million tonnes, more than the norm of 5.2 million tonnes. High inventories have already created a storage problem for Food Corporation of India (FCI). Storage will be a bigger problem when the new rabi pr...

A member of the National Commission for Women, Nirmala Venkatesh is sacked on the charge that her report was biased and dereliction of duty. One wonders who will sack Renuka Chowdhury for asking the women in India to do a "Pub Bharo". "Nirmala Venkatesh was a flaw in the system"? What are you Ms. Chowdhury? Or is it that in todays democracy some flaws are more equal than others? http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20090228/818/tnl-nirmala-venkatesh-was-a-flaw-in-the.html "Nirmala Venkatesh was a flaw in the system: Renuka Chowdhury Sat, Feb 28 08:20 PM New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury Saturday said Nirmala Venkatesh, the sacked member of National Commission for Women (NCW), was a 'flaw in the system'."