-The Hindu Business Line Surge in production of most crops; demand-supply equation driving prices The Centre’s moves to stop domestic market prices of agri commodities from falling, be it by increasing the minimum support price (MSP), hiking import duty or levying a minimum import price (as in the case of pepper), have not been effective. While market prices do go up in a knee-jerk reaction following the news, they soon revert to...
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Fadnavis under pressure as 50,000 farmers, tribals march towards Mumbai -Rahul Wadke
-The Hindu Business Line Seek complete loan waiver and implementation of Forest Rights Act, among other demands Mumbai: Over 50,000 farmers and tribals associated with All Indian Kisan Sabha (AIKS) of the CPI (M) are likely to reach Mumbai on Monday for participating in a rally against the Fadnavis Government. Complete loan waiver for the farmers and implementation of the Forest Rights Act are some of the important demands of the agitators. The...
More »NITI Aayog begins discussions on MSP model; comes out with 3 options
-The Hindu Business Line To be finalised by the end of this month New Delhi: The NITI-Aayog has initiated discussions on putting in place a system to fix minimum support price (MSP) for different crops. A consultation meeting to discuss various options was held on Friday chaired by the NITI-Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar. The move comes following an announcement in the Budget by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley that the Aayog will work with States...
More »'Manifold rise in suicide due to unemployment in Madhya Pradesh' -Desh Deep
-The Times of India BHOPAL: There has been an almost 2000% rise in the cases of suicide due to unemployment in Madhya Pradesh between 2005 and 2015. In 2005, the number of people committing suicide with unemployment as a reason was 29 which went up to 579 in 2015, said Akshay Hunka convener of Berozgar Sena quoting the figures of the National Crime Record Bureau(NCRB). The Sena was constituted recently to highlight...
More »7 lakh 'lose' jobs in khadi industry, but production goes up by 32% -Radheshyam Jadhav
-The Times of India Are people working in khadi industries leaving their jobs in droves? The official figures seem to suggest so. Data recently provided by the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises to the Lok Sabha shows that the number of people employed in the khadi sector fell from 11.6 lakh to 4.6 lakh between 2015-16 and 2016-17. A closer look suggests that at least some of this may be...
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