-Livemint.com * Outdated ideas of constructing dams and embankments have increased monsoon floods in India * The attempt to control rivers is the result of a British colonial hangover, even though western countries are moving away from dams In 13 states of India this year, the monsoon appeared in the form of floods. The same happened in the Terai region of Nepal, Karachi and the Neelum valley area in Pakistan, several low-lying districts...
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Key sales numbers show rural demand may dip further -P Vaidyanathan Iyer
-The Indian Express Warning signs across FMCG, tractors & 2-wheelers, gold, real rural wages THE GOVERNMENT Friday claimed that a significant divergence in levels of consumption and direction of change prompted it to withhold the findings of the survey on household consumption expenditure for July 2017-June 2018. But all major indicators of rural demand suggest the situation has only worsened since the beginning of financial year 2019-20, and the economy is...
More »Simply Put: What is driving onion prices -Parthasarathi Biswas
-The Indian Express Government has called for import of 1 lakh tonnes of onion to help control rising prices. What has been causing the increase in prices since May, and how far can the new move be expected to reverse the trend? Pune: LAST WEEK, Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, directed the state-owned trading corporation MMTC to import 1 lakh tonnes of onions to help ease...
More »Threatened with National Security Act, says UP pollution whistleblower -Alok Pandey
-NDTV The local police inspector allegedly threatened to file charges under the National Security Act against Irshad Khan if he continued to post about pollution on social media. Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh): Cities in Uttar Pradesh may be topping the air pollution charts this season, but their police seem to have other priorities in mind. A tweet by a differently abled student to draw attention to an instance of stubble burning in...
More »Consumer spending falls for first time since 1973 due to low rural demand: NSO data
-India Today The NSO report claims the consumer spending in villages for FY18 dipped by 8.8, whereas, it rose by 2% in Cities over six years Consumer spending dropped for the first time since 1973 on weak rural demand, according to National Statistical Office (NSO). Latest consumption expenditure survey, titled 'Key Indicators: Household Consumer Expenditure in India', reveals that the average sum of money a person spends in a month dropped by 3.7%...
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