-The Hindu The primary responsibility of the legislature is to fulfil the aspirations of the people, and lawmakers should ensure that laws are enacted only after thorough debate and discussion, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Monday. Mr. Birla made these remarks while inaugurating the 8th India region conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) at Assam Legislative Assembly. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha Harivansh,...
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Climbing mercury raises anxiety in farmers -Vikas Vasudeva
-The Hindu The increase in temperature would reduce the quality of harvested wheat since it THRives in cold weather Unusual warm weather conditions, accompanied by a prolonged dry spell in Punjab and Haryana have left farmers and experts anxious, who fear that prevailing climate conditions would not just harm the quality of the ready to harvest wheat crop, but could also delay and increase the cost of cultivation for sowing cotton, the...
More »Inflation is now the top concern: Reserve Bank of India
-The Telegraph Rising prices have now come to confront central banks globally, particularly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Mumbai: The RBI has brought inflation control to the forefront of its agenda. Pilloried for going soft on prices, the central bank sharply raised the inflation forecast for the year and warned it would withdraw its accommodative stance if inflation strayed too far away from the target. The RBI has been prioritising growth over inflation for...
More »India’s great poverty debate: Season 2 -Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times Almost two and a half years after the 2017-18 Consumption Expenditure Survey (CES) was scrapped, the ‘great Indian poverty debate’ seems to have resurrected itself. The second season of this debate, interestingly, has started from Washington DC, not India. Poverty statistics in India have always been the subject of controversy. The country saw a big debate on the trend in poverty and the veracity of poverty estimates in the 2000s....
More »Needed: Quality jobs for all -Amir Ullah Khan
-Deccan Herald Improving Workforce Participation Unemployment at 7.9%! Many may wonder why so much is made of a ratio that has been hovering between 6% and 8% since 2017. In India, when 7% lose their jobs, it means more than 40 million are without work. In December 2021, the CMIE informed us that 53 million Indians were unemployed. Assuming that each individual supports at least four other dependents in the household, it...
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