-TheWire.in The Union government, cut off from the realities of the vast diversity of health and poverty conditions of the country, appears to have bitten the bait of corporate lobbies. Madhu Soren (12) and Bokai Soren (7) are two brothers with thalassemia in a village in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district. Thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder in which the body has lower than normal amounts of haemoglobin, an oxygen-carrying protein. When there is...
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Rural Distress Makes India Inc. Call for Higher MGNREGA Allocation -Rabindra Nath Sinha
-Newsclick.in By doing so, the corporate sector seems to have cautioned the government against expecting a fast rebound in industrial activity, as there is sizeable idle capacity in the absence of consumption demand. Kolkata: Rural stress and funds for the rural job guarantee scheme were surprise additions in the organised corporate sector’s listed points for the post-Budget interaction with the Union government held on February 5 under the aegis of the Confederation...
More »Blissful ignorance -Jayati Ghosh
-The Telegraph The Union budget is an embodiment of unequal fiscal policy The finance minister and her ministry have betrayed, once again, their lack of understanding of the Indian economy or the conditions under which most Indians are living today. Despite attempts to ‘talk up’ the supposed recovery, the economy is weak and most people are hurting. India has seen one of the biggest increases in the number of poor and hungry people...
More »It’s Been Two Years Since the Poster Child of UP’s Farming Success Story Quit Active Farming -Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
-TheWire.in Subhrant Shukla once made news for leaving a Corporate Job for agriculture and introducing progressive practices to farming. Now he is besieged by losses and is no longer wearing 'saffron-tinted glasses'. Lakhimpur Kheri: Subhrant Shukla’s Facebook cover image, announces, “Haan, main kisaan hoon (‘Yes, I am a farmer’)”. Except he quit professional farming two years ago after running into severe losses over the last few years. “I was a proud farmer but...
More »Increasing MSMEs’ share in GDP to 40% by 2025 is a herculean task: AIMA
-Financial Express Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Former MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari in 2020 had set a target of increasing MSMEs’ share in exports to 60 per cent from 48 per cent and 5 crore additional jobs by 2025 apart from the jump in GDP share. Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Increasing MSMEs’ contribution to India’s gross domestic product (GDP) from nearly 30 per cent to 40 per cent by...
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