-The Hindu Business Line Credit risk is building in auto MSMEs, says Pulse report Mumbai: There was a marked slowdown in commercial credit growth in the quarter ending June 2019 along with a marginal deterioration in asset quality, according to the seventh edition of TransUnion CIBIL-SIDBI MSME Pulse Report. The total on-balance sheet commercial lending exposure in India declined to Rs.63.8 lakh crores in June 2019 from Rs.65.5 lakh crores in March 2019....
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India ranked 102 in Global Hunger Index, 8 places behind Pakistan
-Hindustan Times The report warned that the progress towards a 2030 zero hunger target that was agreed upon by leaders across the words was “under threat”. New Delhi: India slipped to the 102 spot in the Global Hunger Index which features 117 countries, according to Concern Worldwide, an aid agency which compiles the report. India was the lowest ranked South Asian country in Global Hunger Index even behind Pakistan which was ranked 94th....
More »Livestock population in India rises 4.6 per cent to nearly 536 million, shows census
-The Hindu Business Line Cow population up 18 per cent in seven years but number of oxen plunges 30 per cent The population of cows in the country has risen by 18 per cent in the last seven years, while that of oxen dipped by 30 per cent, according to the latest census of livestock. The total number for livestock was pegged at around 536 million. The provisional data of the 20th Livestock...
More »India is 102 in Hunger Index of 117 nations, undoing decade of improvement -Abhishek Waghmare
-Business Standard In India, just 9.6 percent of all children between 6 and 23 months of age are fed a minimum acceptable diet, a global report said India has slipped from 95th rank in 2010 to 102nd in 2019 on the Global Hunger Index (GHI), with the increase in prevalence of wasting (low weight for height) among children under five contributing the most to the country’s poor performance. Over a longer-term horizon, the...
More »Panel set to review cases against 23,000 tribals in Chhattisgarh Naxal belt -Seema Chishti
-The Indian Express Sources told The Indian Express that the committee will start work and refer to the state government, as per its terms of reference, cases that merit a relook or withdrawal of proceedings. A committee appointed by the Chhattisgarh government to “review cases against Scheduled Tribes and other residents of the Naxal region in the state” is set to begin its work this month. It will look at cases...
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