-The Indian Express Awareness campaigns are needed to deal with climate change We are delighted that prime minister Narendra Modi made an impassioned appeal for the reduction in the use of chemicals in agriculture. Though, in time, the PM will realise it is easier to announce new approaches than to get the agriculture system to embrace the appeal. This does not have to be. Public policy and allocation of funds can...
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Food ministry pushes for increase in allocation of subsidised food grains -Rituraj Tiwari
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The food ministry has revived the proposal to increase by 2 kg each the allocation of subsidised food grains to 810 million poor people covered under the National Food Security Act. Food minister Ram Vilas Paswan has written to prime minister Narendra Modi seeking his approval for this proposal, which has been lying before the Cabinet for some time. If the proposal gets clearance, it will help the...
More »A self-inflicted economic slowdown -Puja Mehra
-The Hindu The government has failed to heed recommendations made by economists and bureaucrats on turnaround measures One of the visitors to pay a courtesy call on prime minister Narendra Modi after his re-election this summer was a former Secretary to the Government of India holding a high-profile constitutional office. During the conversation, the prime minister asked: “Arthvyavastha ka kya karna chahiye? (What should be done about the economy?)” The former bureaucrat ,...
More »What the Centre really needs to do if it wants to tackle the economic slowdown -Amiya Kumar Bagchi
-TheWire.in Both the Modi government and former prime minister Manmohan Singh are ignoring one crucial aspect of reviving the economy: raising effective demand. Only a few weeks ago, the central government was talking grandly about India reaching a $5-trillion economy and refusing to recognise the severe slowdown India is going through. (This is not such a grand ambition when compared with China, which is often portrayed as India’s competitor, because by 2025,...
More »The slow climb to the trillion economy peak -Indira Hirway
-The Hindu There has to be a focus on human capital formation and in addressing the real reasons for the economic slowdown On Independence Day, the prime minister expressed confidence that India would be a $5-trillion economy in 2024, a line that has been picked up by ruling party leaders, Ministers and also senior government officers. However, this is surprising as the impact of economic growth on major development goals — examples being...
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