-Down to Earth blog Sustainable vision is key to balancing current needs and future demands March 22 is celebrated as ‘World Water Day’ every year. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 gave this call. Since then, this day has been celebrated globally, adopting a new theme each year. The theme chosen for 2022 was ‘Groundwater: Making the invisible visible’. The theme appealed to governments and stakeholders to diagnose current...
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All is Not Well With India's Gig Economy -Nilanjan Banik
-TheWire.in The bargain between companies and their 'employees' must become more equitable. The continuation of the Russia-Ukraine war is raising the fear of an imminent stagflation (a combination of inflation and unemployment led by a low growth). Worldwide inflation numbers are on the rise. Most sources of data are suggesting a higher inflationary regime. In March 2022, the US, the largest economy in the world, recorded a 41-year high inflation of 8.1%....
More »Indian farmers benefit from a sharp increase in exports; government cuts procurement for welfare programmes - PK Krishnakumar
-Moneycontrol.com Global buyers have turned to India, the second-largest producer of wheat, after the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war. Russia and Ukraine together accounted for 30% of the global wheat supply. Indian wheat farmers are earning more this year, thanks to a sharp increase in exports after the February 24 start of the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, which has disrupted global supply chains. Prices have exceeded the government-fixed minimum support price (MSP)...
More »'Betting on Hunger': Market Speculation Is Contributing to Global Food Insecurity -Kabir Agarwal, Thin Lei Win and Margot Gibbs
-TheWire.in An investigation has found that the industry and lobbyists have sabotaged efforts to rein in such behaviour. New Delhi/London/Rome: Food prices have climbed to unprecedented levels in recent months, adding to an already precarious food security situation in large parts of the developing world. Nearly 200 million people already faced acute food insecurity in 2021, almost double the figure from 2016, according to a United Nations report released Wednesday. The report blamed the...
More »Centre cuts wheat allocation for 12 States under PMGKAY -Prabhudatta Mishra
-The Hindu Business Line Says shift to rice will help mitigate scarcity-like situation amid dip in wheat procurement The Centre has revised allocation of rice and wheat for 12 States under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) by asking Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Kerala to shift to rice for their entire grain requirement. For others, the reduction in the quantity of wheat will be compensated with the same amount...
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