-BusinessToday.in In the light of the current state of affairs in the state, UP government's target to hit record high in wheat procurement by June 15, 2022 looks like an elusive dream. The footfall of farmers at government-run procurement centres in Uttar Pradesh (UP) has been alarmingly low this season. The typically noisy, bustling centres were strangely quiet across several locations in the state for the last two weeks. Only a handful of...
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Why e-rickshaws are no big draw for Delhi drivers despite Kejriwal govt’s purchase subsidy -Sukriti Vats
-ThePrint.in While govt says subsidies have been availed on 9,558 e-rickshaws to date, data compiled by road ministry portal Vahan 4.0 has shown dip in registration of e-rickshaws since 2019. New Delhi: While electric rickshaws, or e-rickshaws, can be spotted on the streets of Delhi any given time of day, their more primitive predecessors, the THRee-wheeler cycle rickshaws continue to remain a prominent mode of transport, straining to keep up with the...
More »Excess rainfall in Nov-Dec, early heat: Why lime production was hit in Andhra, India's largest producer -G Ram Mohan
-Down to Earth Gujarat, Maharashtra also affected, prices to come down in a fortnight, say experts Lime prices may be burning holes in middle-class pockets, but has that translated into super profits for farmers? Cultivators in Andhra Pradesh, the largest supplier of the citrus, are not exactly a happy lot. Their experience is another case study of how extreme weather can add to farm worries. Lime is cultivated in the state over an area...
More »OBC entrepreneurs own nearly 30% of India’s MSMEs -T Ramakrishnan
-The Hindu Around 41% of OBC-owned units are located in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan. Chennai: Other Backward Classes (OBC) own nearly 30% of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in the country. As on March 31, 2022, the number of MSMEs owned by OBCs was 23.31 lakh units, out of a total of about 80.16 lakh units in the country. Of the OBC-owned units, around 41% are located in THRee States —...
More »With New MoEFCC Memo, Are Indian Policy Makers Supporting 'Big Biotech'? -Indra Shekhar Singh
-TheWire.in The MoEFCC's recent decision to exclude new-gen GM plants from the ambit of existing biosafety rules endangers our food system, food exports, farmers' rights over their crops and the country's biological heritage for the sake of corporate profits. Christmas came early for Big Biotech companies and their allied seeds multipliers as the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has recently, THRough an office memorandum, excluded the new generation genetically...
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