-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A government-appointed panel has estimated that the economy grew at a double-digit rate (10.1 per cent) in 2006-07, a first in the post-liberalisation era and the second highest ever. The new series uses 2011-12 as the base year for prices, as against 2004-05 in the old series. The panel headed by Sudipto Mundle concluded that the difference is minimal, addressing concerns often raised about the...
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GDP under Modi govt higher than UPA's last four years: Niti Aayog VC
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday that the GDP Growth Rate under four years of the Modi government is still higher than the Growth Rate of last four years of UPA. In a series of tweets, Kumar said, "Growth Rate under four years of Modi Government is still higher than the Growth Rate of last four years of UPA. This is being managed despite...
More »No child left behind -Vinita Bali
-The Hindu To get good nutrition to all Indians, we need delivery models that are collaborative across domains The urgency to address poor nutrition in India, especially among children, adolescent girls and women is compelling, and re-confirmed in virtually every survey — from NFHS-4 in 2015-16 (the latest available information), to the Global Nutrition Report 2016 and the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2017, which ranks India at 100 out of 119 countries,...
More »Double-digit delight for Manmohan era
-The Telegraph New Delhi: A new set of economic data put out by a sub-committee of the National Statistical Commission has shown that the UPA government under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh clocked a double-digit Growth Rate of 10.08 per cent in 2006-07. The new calculations have to be vetted by the Central Statistical Commission and by a standards authority before they become officially acceptable. If the figure holds even after that scrutiny,...
More »Income of farm households 23% higher than non-farm homes: Nabard survey
-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: The income of agricultural households, which account for nearly half the rural households in the country, surged to Rs 1,07,172 in 2015-16 at a annual compound Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12 per cent since 2012-13. According to a rural survey carried out by the National Bank for Agricultural & Rural Development (Nabard), while the average annual income levels of non-agricultural households in 2015-16 stood at Rs...
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