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Artificially created distress -Utsa Patnaik

-The Hindu To prevent further damage to the economy and to relieve distress, demonetisation should be revoked immediately Without adequate preparation or thought, the monetary authorities and the government have taken a drastic step declaring as worthless over 86 per cent by value of the currency notes in circulation with the public. A prior large increase of lower denomination notes should have been ensured through banks and ATMs, so that overall money...

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IIT-D shows how Punjab can re-use farm waste -Manash Pratim Gohain

-The Times of India New Delhi: Are you a farmer? How about earning a handsome amount from the stubble left behind in your field insTead of burning it and adding to the pollution level? How about also getting bio-fertiliser and sustainable energy in the same deal? An IIT-Delhi Team has provided technical support to Asia's first biogas-based power plant which is now operating on paddy straw for large-scale biogas production in Fazilka, Punjab....

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It does not smell good but could help clean up North India's toxic air -Abhishek Dey

-Scroll.in Some farmers in Punjab and Haryana are moving away from burning the crop stubble, using it to make mulch insTead. A week after Diwali, the smog over Delhi hadn’t lifted. The air was more toxic than any other city in the world. Wearing masks and holding up banners that said “We are not Hiroshima”, about 200 Delhi residents gathered at Jantar Mantar on November 6, demanding clean air. Waking up abruptly to...

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Demonetisation cripples fishing industry in Bengal -Suvojit Bagchi

-The Hindu 'The buyers are tendering Rs. 1,000 notes, which is difficult for us to accept' North 24 Parganas: By about 4 a.m. all shops – about 170 – were open on both sides of an unkempt asphalt road. The shops that were selling fish at a wholesale rate were chock-a-block by 5 a.m.. But many of them were not engaging with the trading. They were small rural fish farmers and sellers, big...

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Motive behind demonetisation is justifiable but there may be collateral damage

There are reports from all over the country that the recent decision by the government to demonetise currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denomination has affected everyone. However the consequence of this financial measure is lopsided and it will be mainly borne by the farmers, informal sector workers, women and the financially excluded.   Please check the links/ urls below this news alert to know everything about demonetisation. Till a few...

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