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Union Minister Maneka Gandhi Blames Environment Degradation for Rising Prices

Union Minister Maneka Gandhi Blames Environment Degradation for Rising Prices

by The Daily Eye Team August 28 2015, 3:51 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 29 secs

Union Women and Child Welfare Minister Maneka Gandhi today blamed environmental degradation for spiraling prices of essential commodities, which has been burning a hole in the pockets of common people. "Forests are being cleared and water sources are shrinking. This has caused environmental imbalance resulting in changes in weather pattern. I have been working to protect the environment since the last 30 years," she said. The monsoon season has stretched to five months from its earlier spell of two months, she said, adding that sown areas are being washed out by untimely rain. Read More?at ?www.ndtv.com



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Award winning illustrator, cartoonist, artist, animator and increasingly influential social and political columnist, Mumbai-based, Gautam Benegal, was published first in renowned filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s children’s magazine Sandesh, at age sixteen. Since then, Benegal has written and illustrated books both for children and adults, made animated films and held exhibitions of his art in India and overseas, to significant critical acclaim.


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