-The New Indian Express BARGARH: In the dry and dusty landscape of Kharamal village, located on the foothills of Gandhamardan hill range, two farmers depict a picture of contrast. The village comes under Jamseth gram panchayat of Paikmal block, which is often hit by drought. Vast stretches of barren land in Kharamal have lost their water retention capacity due to long dry spell for several years. Farmers Sitaram Majhi and Dambru Majhi,...
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Suicide leading cause of death among India’s young, says Lancet report -Anuradha Mascarenhas
-The Indian Express According to Census 2011, there are 364.66 million youngsters in the 10-24 age group, making up 30.11 per cent of the country’s total population. Pune: Suicide was the leading cause of death among youngsters aged 10-24 in the country, with 62,960 such deaths reported in 2013, according to the findings of the Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Well-being that is being launched in London on Tuesday. Road...
More »Job growth at a snail’s pace -Santosh Mehrotra
-The Hindu For jobs to grow, consumer demand has to improve consistently. This can only happen with an industrial policy, which India has not had since 1991 There will be no demographic dividend without growth in industrial and service sector jobs. The underlying logic behind a dividend is that as jobs grow, incomes rise and so do savings. Based on higher savings, the investment rate to GDP grows, resulting in faster GDP...
More »Drought fails to dampen foodgrain output -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com New Delhi: Despite widespread drought in 11 states across the country, India’s foodgrain production is actually set to grow marginally, the third advance estimates released by the agriculture ministry on Monday showed. Total foodgrain production in 2015-16 is estimated at 252.23 million tonnes, marginally higher than 252.02 million tonnes produced in 2014-15, the data shows. If the estimates hold up, it would imply that the damage to the agrarian economy is less...
More »Free grains likely for 25 million poorest of poor families -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Centre is likely to provide 'free of cost' foodgrain to the poorest of the poor families under the Antyodaya Anna Yojna (AAY) which would benefit nearly 25 million families across the country. This is being seen as yet another step by the government to push its 'pro-poor' image just days before it completes two years in office. Sources said the food ministry will present this...
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