In each of the last three years – from 2020 through 2022 – Indian banks lent more money to retail customers purchasing homes than they did to farmers. In fiscal year (FY)2021-22 commercial banks gaveRs. 17.54 lakh crore worth of housing loans, while agriculture and allied activities got Rs. 15.16 lakh crore. That is nearly 14 percent less. In FY 2021 and FY 2020 – one of which saw a...
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Dr CP Rajendran, expert on seismo-tectonics, earthquakes and tsunami geology, interviewed by Rashme Sehgal (Newsclick.in)
-Newsclick.in Joshimath is a serious warning signal. Any realistic development strategy should balance infra development, acceptable levels of risk, and carrying capacity of the terrai, says the noted expert on earthquakes. Dr. CP Rajendran is among India’s foremost experts on seismo-tectonics, earthquakes and tsunami geology. He is also a strong critic of the development model being pursued in Uttarakhand, a hilly state where the intensity of large-scale infrastructure projects has been rising...
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-TheWire.in The role of demographic diplomacy is not limited to migration only. It could also help countries navigate the emerging trends in population dynamics. As the world population touched 8 billion, Rachel Snow, head of the population and development branch of UNFPA, or the United Nations Population Fund, suggested that ‘demographic diplomacy’ could provide answers to a demographically diverse world. This is an interesting and timely concept because, as we know, the world...
More »5-fold rise in Jharkhand rural beneficiaries -Animesh Bisoee
-The Telegraph A total of 16,71,724 rural families were provided livelihood by connecting them with Sakhi Mandals during the Covid pandemic between 2020 and 2021 Jamshedpur: There has been a five-fold increase in the number of rural families connected to livelihood projects of the Jharkhand government in the last three years of the Hemant Soren-led JMM-Congress-RJD alliance government. According to data shared by the state public relation department on Tuesday evening, between 2012...
More »Conundrum of Dharavi Redevelopment: A Case of Systematic Displacement of Workers From Mumbai -Shweta Damle
-Newsclick.in White the redevelopment plan of Dharavi is likely to go ahead, issues related to rehabilitation of workers without proof of the tenement are a major worry. The redevelopment of Dharavi has been in waiting for close to two decades. Dharavi Development Plan (DDP) announcements in the past have been closely related to elections. It has again made it to the headlines because of the impending municipal elections in Mumbai and the...
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