-Business Standard While the production of foodgrains and the financial position of the government are important points, electoral compulsion may become the deciding factor for the survival of this scheme A sharp drawdown in India’s wheat inventory exacerbated by a fear of a fall in rice production due to drought-like conditions in the main growing states has raised questions on the government’s ability to sustain the free foodgrains distribution scheme beyond its...
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MSME definition to be modified, FISME calls for suggestions -Ananya Upadhyaya
-Financial Express Due to the steep rise in raw material prices, many small enterprises have crossed the threshold of small enterprises and graduated to medium, making them ineligible for government subsidies. Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) is calling for suggestions to put before the central government as they seek to revise the definition of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. The criteria for Udyam...
More »Near-Catastrophe At Madhya Pradesh's Karam Dam Brings Tender Scam In Focus Again -Anurag Dwary
-NDTV.com Karam Dam one of many being probed, BJP has said; wider scam pegged at ₹ 3,000 crore; minister says won't spare guilty "even if from our party" Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh's Karam Dam, at the centre of a near-catastrophe after cracks earlier this week, has been in the headlines for leaks earlier too — of public money, that is. Its part-collapse after heavy rain brings back into focus the e-tendering scam that...
More »Centre weighs ban on rice exports -R Suryamurthy
-The Telegraph Officials said the government is weighing up the option of some kind of restrictions on the shipments of rice New Delhi: After wheat, the Centre is mulling curbs on rice exports as the acreage under the crop this season has shrunk about 13 per cent over the previous year because of deficient rains in key rice-growing states — leading to a rise in the price of the foodgrain. Analysts said the...
More »Cost of a veg Indian thali has jumped 42% since 2015. That too without curd, tea, fruits -Shweta Saini and Pulkit Khatri
-ThePrint.in For a family of five, the monthly thali cost jumped up from Rs 4,700 in 2015 to Rs 6,700 in 2022 for a lighter diet. Inflation, particularly food inflation, has been centre stage not just in India but globally. Despite moderation observed in India’s June 2022 inflation print, food inflation continues to stay in the uncomfortable zone of 6 to 8 per cent since the start of the year. How does...
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