-Newsclick.in The brake on the release of funds by the Centre, which has found blatant and persistent violation of norms by Nabanna, has queered Mamata Banerjee's pitch. Kolkata: It’s a tough call suddenly for Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal’s chief minister Mamata Banerjee; TMC’s very comfortable majority in the Assembly notwithstanding. Mamata finds herself in an awkward situation after the arrest of two of her trusted aides – Partha Chatterjee and...
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Retail inflation softens to 6.71% in July, lowest since March; here's what economists say
-BusinessToday.in The July retail inflation level is in consonance with the projection and expectations of economists. India’s retail inflation moderated to 6.71 per cent in the month of July, the retail inflation is July has come down from 7.01 per cent in the month of June. Even Reuters poll of 48 economists showed inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, likely to fall to an annual 6.78 per cent in July,...
More »Macrovariable projections in uncertain times -Arun Kumar
-The Hindu International factors and faulty data will impact India’s projections of GDP, inflation and balance of payments The Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate again by a whopping 0.75%. The Reserve Bank of India has also been forced to raise interest rates further but also take other steps. These decisions in the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting are based on what the members of the MPC see as the likely...
More »India must be quick to tackle challenges of food security, land use - Himangana Gupta & Shweta Prajapati & Ruchika Singh
-Moneycontrol.com Not only population, but several otheR factors affect the food system, including climate risks and their impact. An IPCC report predicts up to 30 percent decline in rice yields if global temperatures continue to rise India, a country with just 2.4 percent of the world’s total land area, is the largest producer of milk and pulses, and the second largest producer of rice and wheat, as per the United Nations’ Food...
More »How to Curtail Double Burden that Keeps Women out of Paid Work -Shirin Akhter & C Saratchand
-Newsclick.in The authors propose a project to increase the long-term employment of women that decisively breaks from neoliberalism. Like other countries where the neo-liberal project is ascending, India is witnessing a rise in unemployment and a falling labour force participation of women. Proponents of the neo-liberal project claim that women’s labour force participation falls in periods of rising family incomes. The question, however, remains that even if family incomes were rising (though...
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