-The Indian Express Nearly six months after Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka highlighted the alleged irregularities in the supply of wheat seeds to Haryana Seed Development Corporation (HSDC) by NAFED and NCCF, the CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry into the complaint. Khemka, during his stint as the Managing Director of HSDC between July 18, 2012 and March 4, 2013, had given a report to the CBI seeking registration of a case...
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The silver lining
-The Business Standard Contrary to earlier claims, farm growth may be robust The projection by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) of robust agricultural growth of above five per cent and a consequential handsome rise in rural incomes comes as a silver lining to India's otherwise gloomy economic scene. The CACP's reckoning, based on a rigorous mathematical model, virtually discounts the agriculture ministry's kharif crop output estimates (called first advance...
More »After minor dip, onion prices on the rise again -Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Sixty is the new normal for onion prices in most cities after belying government expectation that prices would moderate in the first half of October. The end of Navratra, Eid-ul-Adha on Wednesday and insistent rain in many parts of the country has pushed prices to Rs 70 a kg in many cities, including Delhi. Retail price of onion has remained Rs 60 per kg in north Indian...
More »India home to a quarter of the world’s hungry: Global Hunger Index report -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India In a striking irony, the number of hungry people in the world was estimated at 842 million in 2011-13 by the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report released on Monday even as world cereal production was estimated at a near record level of 2,489 million metric tons a few days ago. About a quarter of the world's hungry, or 210 million, are in India alone. The number of hungry...
More »Food inflation: How to decode the onion price puzzle-Usha Tuteja
-The Economic Times It is ironical that food inflation surged to around 18% in August when agriculture is the primary hope in the economy. The culprit was mainly vegetables and, within that, onions. Onions are once again in the news due to steep rise in retail prices by almost 25% in a fortnight. Safal outlets in Delhi have set the price at Rs 60 per kg whereas some other retailers are charging...
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