-IndiaToday.in Farmers from some parts of Tamil Nadu threw their tomato harvest on the Roadside after the price of the crop fell to rates as low as Rs 2 per kilogram. Dharmapuri: After the price of tomatoes plummeted to figures as low as Rs 2 per kilogram, farmers from some parts of Tamil Nadu threw their harvest on the Roadside or allowed it to rot in the field. Three months ago, the price...
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CBI books nine NHAI officials and 13 others on graft charge
-The Hindu The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked nine senior officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and 13 others, including the then chief financial officer of Isolux Corsan India Engineering and Construction Private Limited (ICIECPL), on graft charge related to three Road projects in 2008-10. Among the officials named are the then project directors, C.K. Sinha, Vibhav Mittal, D.P. Soni, S.K. Gupta and Suraj Prakash, besides then general...
More »Selling lemons: Prices squeeze pockets as summer demand soars -Zia Haq
-Hindustan Times A lemon inflation has taken hold, according to traders, because an unusually early summer and heatwaves have spiked demand. The crop this year was also smaller in some states, according to traders. The ‘market for lemons’ is hot. Prices of the essential summer citrus fruit have risen to unseen levels in the country, reaching up to ₹200 a kg in Rajkot on Saturday, leaving consumers angry and shocked. Traders said they...
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-The Telegraph The story of a reversal that may yet rescue Indians from being hungry and undernourished I first tasted kodo, a coarse foodgrain, when I was barely seven. It was at the home of our Adivasi domestic help in Piska, a Roadside railway station near Lohardaga in what was then southern Bihar. The porridge she cooked with kodo, jaggery and a bit of salt tasted much better than the gruel I...
More »Raising capital the biggest challenge for women-led MSMEs in India: Indifi
-Business Standard The survey discovered that securing capital remains the biggest challenge The number of women-led MSMEs in India has jumped from 2.15 lakh to 1.23 crore in just a decade. However, they face a finance gap of $158 billion and largely rely on informal sources, said a survey by Indifi Technologies, a lending platform for MSMEs, titled ‘Understanding what women-led MSMEs want’. The survey was launched to understand needs and challenges of...
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