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Production-linked Incentives: Dole or incentive? -Shwweta Punj

-IndiaToday.in The production-linked incentive scheme has helped boost India's mobile exports but is yet to show results in some other sectors. Agility and ease of doing business in its implementation will determine its success For over a decade, the share of manufacturing in India’s GDP has remained in the 15-17 per cent range, with various measures by the present and past governments barely helping the needle move. A recent effort to give...

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A re-look at production-linked Incentives -Prashanth Perumal J

-The Hindu The best way to support the manufacturing sector is to free it from the umpteen regulations that have stalled investment for decades Many Indians on a daily basis use sophisticated goods that are either fully imported or just simply assembled in India. This is because India lacks a well-developed manufacturing supply chain that could help produce things from scratch. To tackle this, in 2020, the Central government came up with...

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Oxfam's India Discrimination Report: Women in India earn less and get fewer jobs

-Press release by Oxfam India dated 15 September 2022 New Delhi: Oxfam India’s latest ‘India Discrimination Report 2022’ finds women in India despite their same educational qualification and work experience as men will be discriminated in the labour market due to societal and employers’ prejudices. The academically recognised statistical model applied in the India Discrimination Report is now able to quantify the discrimination women face in the labour market. The lower...

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Are we choosing the right solutions for reducing GHG emissions from the transport sector?

The transport sector is important for the smooth functioning of an economy. The supply chains for various products and by-products (both domestically as well as internationally) can work efficiently only if the transportation of raw materials and inputs, and final goods and commodities takes place without disruption.   Due to economic growth, India’s annual CO2 (i.e., carbon dioxide) emission has expanded from 1.19 billion tonnes in 2005 to 2.44 billion tonnes...

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Diversify crops, shift rice to places that can support it: Central panel -Shagun

-Down to Earth Low returns and high risks from alternative crops among reasons past efforts failed, says report The Commission for Agricultural Cost and Prices (CACP) has recommended promotion of crop diversification, favouring oilseed crops amid the global inflation in oilseeds and vegetable oils prices. Global inflation creates a structural risk as vegetable oils account for about half of India’s agricultural import, subsequently raising the country’s agri-import bill, the commission wrote in its...

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