-Financial Express While the government has reason to be pleased about the fact that the claims paid to farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) have risen by around 50%, to Rs 15,181 crore in Kharif 2017 as compared to Rs 10,425 crore in Kharif 2016, what is worrying is the dip in both the number of farmers as well as land area covered by the scheme. More so...
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Soaring Joblessness Among Youth May Sink BJP in Polls - Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Unemployment among youth is raging at a staggering 26 per cent to 55 per cent in the three BJP ruled states going to polls in the coming weeks. High and pervasive joblessness among youth of age group 20-29 years is severely denting the re-election prospects of BJP in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. According to data from CMIE’s Statistical Profile for May-August 2018, unemployment rate was 26 per cent in...
More »18.6 million without jobs in India this year, unemployment rate to stand at 3.5 per cent in 2019
-India Today According to its latest report by ILO, India has an estimated 18.6 million jobless in the country this year which will INCrease to 18.9 million in 2019 Many would argue that the core objective behind education is to gainful employability. They are not far from the truth. Indeed, many organizations that evaluate the return on investment in education do so on the basis of the employability quotient. The data with regard...
More »Camel milk is gaining popularity. Could it be an alternative for dairy market? - Smitha Verma
-Financial Express From camelccino to camel milk chocolate, there’s no dearth of delicacies on offer. Camel milk is in the news. And hailing its virtue is none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a gathering of farmers in Anand, Gujarat, in October, Modi narrated how he was ridiculed for describing camel milk as nutritious once. It was during his stint as chief minister of Gujarat that he had tried promoting camel...
More »New index to check ease of doing agri-business -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Centre to reward high-performing States States may soon start receiving extra funding for the Agriculture Ministry’s flagship schemes on the basis of their performance in encouraging agri-business, especially with regard to marketing, land and governance reforms. The Centre expects to roll out a new Ease of Doing Agri-Business Index early next year, which will rank the States on the basis of such reforms, as well as their investment in agriculture, INCreased...
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