-PTI/ The Telegraph Weighted average Yield of primary issuances hardened to 7.33 per cent in Q2 FY2023 from 7.23 per cent in Q1 FY2023 New Delhi: The government’s total liabilities increased to Rs 147.19 lakh crore in September-end from Rs 145.72 lakh crore (trillion) at the end of June this fiscal year, according to the latest data on public debt. In percentage terms, it reflects a quarter-on-quarter increase of 1 per cent in...
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Climate change induced extreme events are playing havoc with human lives & livelihoods, show latest available data
It is evident from various studies (please click here, here and here to access) that emission of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) by the developed as well as the developing countries is responsible for climate change, thus causing extreme weather events to occur, with much more ferocity than in the past. The negative impact of climate change may or may not be felt in the geographical location where historically emission has taken...
More »India set to offer wheat to flour millers, biscuit makers to tame prices -Mayank Bhardwaj and Rajendra Jadhav
-Reuters/ Livemint.com Wheat prices have surged in India this year after a sudden rise in temperatures hit crop Yields and output India is set to offer 2 to 3 million tonnes of wheat to bulk consumers such as flour millers and biscuit makers as part of efforts to cool record high prices, two government sources said, even as state reserves have dropped to the lowest in six years. Wheat prices have surged in...
More »PS Vijayshankar, an expert on sustainable farming and water resource management, interviewed by Shreehari Paliath (India Spend)
-India Spend India's transition to sustainable farming has to be calibrated and orchestrated well, drawing lessons from the successes of India's Green Revolution and the recent crisis in Sri Lanka, says sustainable farming expert P.S. Vijayshankar Bengaluru: The production-centric intensive agriculture brought about by India's Green Revolution in the 1960s, using high-Yielding seeds, fertilisers and high levels of groundwater utilisation, helped India achieve food self-sufficiency by the 1970s, but has created a...
More »Skewing the mustard field: The Yellow Revolution's revival needed -Dhiraj Singh
-Business Standard Claims that GM mustard will lead to increased Yield are incorrect; we must focus on other solutions. India is the fifth-largest producer and also the seventh-largest importer of edible oils in the world. Though significant progress has been made in the production and Yield of oilseeds in India, our annual vegetable oil import has been about $10 billion in recent years. The Ministry of Environment is allowing for genetically modified...
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