-Press release by Food and Land Use Coalition dated 10 January 2020 India can ensure healthy diets for its growing population, improve livelihoods and plug waste by adopting better food and land use practices New Delhi, January 10, 2020 – With a population projected to reach 1.5 billion people by 2030, and climate risks threatening food security, livelihoods, water supply and human health, India needs to urgently shift to sustainable food...
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Fresh concerns for basmati exporters awaiting Iran dues -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express Rice exporters alone are said to be stuck with receivables of Rs 800-900 crore against shipments made till June 2019. A major hit to India from the uncertainty triggered by the assassination of Iran’s most powerful military commander could be to its multi-billion dollar basmati rice export industry. The Islamic republic accounted for $1.56 billion (Rs 10,790.02 crore) out of India’s total $4.71 billion (Rs 32,804.30 crore) worth of...
More »The Data Protection Bill only weakens user rights -Apar Gupta
-The Hindu A culmination of flawed policy proposals, this piece of legislation will refine, store and trade personal information In the continuing social churn and widespread citizen protests, it would seem out of place to direct thought towards issues such as data protection. The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha this month, is a revolutionary piece of legislation that promises to return power and control to...
More »Data from various international & national sources contradict the narrative that immigrants & refugees have flooded the country in recent years
Against the backdrop of National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC), which is expected to be conducted nationwide, there are media reports about detention centres being constructed in various parts of the country. Although media reports indicate the Government denying any connection between NRIC and National Population Register, a reply to unstarred question no 4380 (to be answered on 21st April 2015 in the Lok Sabha) by the Minister of State...
More »Debit cards in circulation fall 15% to 2-year low in October
-BusinessToday.in Almost 155 million debit cards reportedly went out of the market due to the migration from magnetic strip debit cards to EMV-based debit cards The number of debit cards in circulation fell 15 per cent on annual basis to 843 million in October as banks moved to migrate to EMV-chip-based cards. The downturn came as the debit cards in India seemed poised to touch the 1-billion mark a year ago, with...
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