-BOOMLive.in A graphic misleadingly compares India's economic size to its economic growth rate to convey the economy being in bad shape A viral graphic stating that India has fallen from the third largest economy in the world in 2011 to the 164th fastest growing economy out of 193 countries in 2021, is misleading.  This is due to two reasons. First, the graphic makes an apple to oranges comparison as it compares India's position...

-Business Standard Manoj Sinha said work on the framework is ongoing, private players are encouraged to share their inputs With a focus on securing more investments and expertise from the private players in the agriculture sector, the government is keen to create a formal comprehensive framework for Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the sector, a senior government official said. Speaking at an event organised by industry body Ficci on the issue, Agriculture Secretary...

-Down to Earth The world’s hunger clock has regressed back to 2015 when the global community had resolved to get good food to all plates by 2030 The world is hungry and those who get to eat are not eating healthy, leading to wider prevalence of malnutrition — undernourishment, particularly. About a tenth of the world’s population lacks proper nourishment, the latest United Nation State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World...

-IndiaToday.in Higher import values of crude and petroleum products, coal, coke and electronic goods have contributed to the rise India’s trade deficit—the difference between the value of its imports and exports—rose to a record $25.6 billion this June (about Rs 2 lakh crore), almost three times the figure for the same month last year ($9.61 billion, or about Rs 76,000 crore). The spike was primarily driven by the import cost of petroleum,...

-Hindustan Times India has consistently maintained that this position is based on both an erroneous reading of the nature and intent of India’s price support mechanisms and underplays the scale of America’s support to farmers. Washington: As elections for the House of Representatives loom, a group of Republican Congressional representatives from America’s agricultural belt or with agricultural interests have stepped up the rhetoric against India’s agricultural subsidies — alleging that these distort...