-The Hindu Business Line Karnataka, the first State to formulate an organic farming policy way back in 2004, has stepped up measures to spread the concept among farmers in recent years. Also, it has been working on rebuilding farmers’ interest in millets through incentives such as guaranteed buy-back and a bonus over the minimum support price. To provide market linkages to the over 1 lakh organic farmers in the State, the Karnataka government...
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Fasal Bima Yojana needs fine-tuning -Rajalakshmi Nirmal
-The Hindu Business Line Short tenure of the policy is its biggest drawback. With El Nino expected to mar the monsoon this year, insurers may stay away A normal monsoon in 2016, after two years of drought, has not only led to a bountiful harvest for farmers, but also filled the coffers of private insurers. The Kharif 2016 season resulting in lower claims has helped private insurers in particular rake in good profits...
More »1.37 crore who don't file returns are now on Income Tax radar -Aanchal Magazine & Anil Sasi
-The Indian Express The department is employing what it calls a “360 degree profiling” of taxpayers ARMED WITH information on cash deposits of over Rs 2 lakh by tax assessees through a newly inserted column in the income-tax returns for 2017-18, the tax department has started the process of scrutinising and matching details with those provided earlier by banks and financial institutions. Alongside this, a list has been readied of about 1.37 crore...
More »17 rules UP meat sellers must follow -Aditya Dev
-The Times of India AGRA: From transporting meat only in insulated freezer vans to health certificates for all workers, from forbidding meat shops near religious places and vegetable markets to strict FSDA compliance, the UP government has sent out an elaborate list of dos and don'ts for meat shop owners. The list of necessary Infrastructure is so exhaustive, said meat shop owners, that most retailers will have to down shutters permanently. However,...
More »Core sector growth slips to over 1-yr low of 1% in Feb
-PTI Crude oil and natural gas contract; the previous low of 0.9% was recorded in December 2015 New Delhi: The growth of eight core sectors slipped to over one-year low of 1% in February mainly due to decline in output of crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers and cement. The growth rate of eight Infrastructure sectors of coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity was 9.4% in...
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