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Heavy rains in India damage key crops ahead of harvest, threatening to stoke food inflation -Rajendra Jadhav

-Reuters/ThePrint.in State like UP has received 500% more rainfall than normal so far in October. Higher food prices could prompt India to slap additional restrictions on exports of food commodities. Mumbai: Heavy rainfall in India has damaged key summer-sown crops such as rice, soybean, cotton, pulses and vegetables just before harvesting, which could stoke food inflation in Asia’s third biggest economy, farmers, traders and industry officials said. Higher food prices could prompt New...

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Water conservation and NREGA in tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh -Manish Dungdung

-India Water Portal NREGA has emerged as a go-to scheme for water conservation in tribal areas leading to higher irrigation coverage and thus augmenting agricultural production Out of India’s total population of 1210.19 million, 104 million, i.e., 8.6% are tribal (Census, 2011), India has one of the highest diversity among the tribes in the world. Broadly tribal inhabit two distinct geographical areas – the Central Indian Tribal Belt and the North-East. About...

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CNG, piped cooking gas prices hiked by Rs 3

-PTI/ The Telegraph This is the 14th increase in price since March 7 The prices of CNG and cooking gas piped to household kitchens in the national capital on Saturday hiked by Rs 3 each in step with rise in input natural gas prices. The Rs 3 per kg increase in CNG price is the first hike in rates in over four months, while a Rs 3 per standard cubic metres increase in...

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‘Low immunity, hard to isolate’: How ageing stray cattle contributed to lumpy skin disease outbreak -Sayantan Bera

-ThePrint.in Free movement of unproductive cattle prone to infections has proven to be a severe challenge in restricting the viral disease and contributed most to mortality load, say experts. New Delhi: Over the past few years, the rising population of stray cattle has been a menace to farmers. In several states in northern India, farmers regularly guard their fields at night and spend thousands on fencing to protect their crops. But the impact...

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A star achievement of our 75 years of independence -Indira Rajaraman

-Livemint.com What will happen to the PMGKAY beyond December 2022? It cannot continue indefinitely in its present form. At a time when central banks all over the world are into a round robin of interest rates hikes, in a context of impending recession in several major world economies, an unending war, and uncertainty about energy availability and pricing going into the northern hemisphere winter, the only cheering news was India’s further extension...

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