New beginning made to ward off problems of rural areas:
Minister for Rural Development Mula Ram today said that a new beginning has been made to ward off problems confronted to rural areas, while describing the waiver of loans of farmers of the country another major step towards liberating them from the shackles of chronic economic backwardness.
Rural social movements are calling for a ``new agrarian reform based on food sovereignty,'' that would incorporate a range of sectors, including peasant farmers, women, and ethnic minorities, in order to build an effective, and more just, development model.