-IndiaWaterPortal.org Here is a look at the challenges faced by small farmers in India and how they can be dealt with. As per the agricultural statistics of 2014, nearly 430 people depend on farming in India while 263 million people are either farmers or agricultural workers. Farmers are major contributors to the growth of Indian economy and their concerns impact policies in the country. Nearly 87 percent of farmers in India...
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GDP growth likely to decelerate to 7.5-7.6% in Q2: Report
-PTI The Central Statistics Office (CSO) will be releasing the estimates for GDP growth for July-September on Friday. NEW DELHI: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the September quARTer is expected to decelerate to 7.5-7.6 per cent over the previous three-month period mainly due to slowdown in rural demand, a State Bank of India (SBI) research report said Monday. The GDP growth at constant prices (2011-12) was 8.2 per cent in the...
More »616 lives lost to fires in Mumbai in last decade
-The Hindu Property worth Rs. 110 crore lost in 49,391 incidents, govt. tells Assembly Mumbai: As many as 49,391 incidents of fire have killed more than 600 people and caused damage to property worth Rs. 110.42 crore in Mumbai in the last 10 years, the State government informed the Assembly on Monday. The information was pART of a written reply by the Urban Development DepARTment (UDD), headed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, to...
More »First in India: 21 tribal dictionaries unveiled in Odisha
-The New Indian Express Odisha, is the only State in the country, to have formulated all tribal bilingual dictionaries and trilingual tribal language proficiency modules. BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday unveiled 21 tribal dictionaries and proficiency modules. The State Government through its Academy of Tribal Language and Culture (ATLC) has brought out the tribal bilingual dictionaries for multilingual education and tribal trilingual proficiency modules to preserve and promote tribal languages. Odisha,...
More »Perils of over promising -Ashok Gulati
-The Indian Express Manifesto pledges to raise farmers’ incomes and increase MSPs take away focus from the structural reforms that are urgently required. It is a season of promising freebies to lure voters. The Congress leads in making these promises. The pARTy has promised to waive farmers’ loans in Chhattisgarh within 10 days if it is voted to office. It has also promised a hike in minimum support price (MSP) of...
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