-DNA India India is frittering away gains of the Green Revolution and fast turning into a net food importer In 2015-16, India imported Rs 1,402,680,000,000 or 1.40 lakh crore worth of agricultural commodities. This was more than three times the annual budgetary allocation for domestic agriculture. Well, if you think the increasing reliance on food imports in one year — 2015-16 — is merely an aberration, hold your breath. According to commodity...
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Mixed Signals from the External Sector -CP Chandrasekhar
-NetworkIdeas.org A slew of numbers released recently point to rather peculiar and contrary trends in India’s balance of payments. Exports have revived but the trade and current account deficits widen, pointing to an excess of Foreign Exchange expenditure relative to earnings. While the widening current account deficit points to a weakening balance of payments position, foreign exchange reserves are at record levels. The Foreign Exchange reserve increase is funded largely by capital...
More »Do the maths: India's first bullet train isn't 'free of cost' as Modi claims -MK Venu
-TheWire.in/ Business Standard Over 50 years, the loan repayment value will be much higher based on the inflation differential Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed the bullet train offered to India by Japan is virtually free of cost. A 50-year yen loan amounting to Rs 88,000 crore at 0.1 % interest is being described by the prime minister as free of cost. This is patently absurd. India can have as many bullet trains...
More »Centre's emphasis on oilseed production may lower dependence on edible oil imports
-The Hindu Business Line Share of imports to reduce to 55% by FY22, says ICRA Ahmedabad: The Centre’s push for oilseeds production can potentially bring down India’s dependence on imports for edible oil. The share of imports in overall edible oil consumption may decline from 60 per cent at present to about 55 per cent by FY22, according to rating agency ICRA. The Centre’s National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP) — to...
More »Economy outlook still cloudy -Ajit Ranade
-The Hindu An immediate stimulus is needed to regain the momentum to get India back to 8% growth The government’s move this past week to publish economic data for the April to June quarter of this year needs a look. The real growth of GDP, i.e. after removing the impact of inflation, was only 5.7%, much lower than expected. For the past six consecutive quarters, the growth rate has gone down steadily,...
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