-Down to Earth Hurdles in availing financial support under Nikshay Poshan Yojana will exacerbate India’s tuberculosis crisis Only two-thirds of people living with tuberculosis benefitted from the Union government’s sole nutrition support scheme last year, highlighting bottlenecks in the fight against a major public health concern. The Nikshay Poshan Yojana entitles every tuberculosis (TB) patient, seeking treatment in either the public or private sector, to a direct benefit transfer (DBT) of Rs 500...
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Is investing in canal irrigation a bad idea? -A Narayanamoorthy
-The Hindu Business Line Lack of data and monitoring on cropping patterns and water use has given irrigation schemes a bad name Long before the British Raj, India was a pioneer in canal irrigation by building dams across rivers. After Independence, considering the importance of canal irrigation, the Central and State governments have been giving increased thrust to its development. Today, India is one of the countries with the largest number of...
More »Urad prices rise, govt may ask traders to declare stock -Prabhudatta Mishra
-The Hindu Business Line Rate hike due to lower acreage, fear of crop damage Urad dal prices in the retail market have increased on an average by Rs.3-5/kg in the past one week while at some places the surge is Rs.13/kg to about Rs.110-120/kg, mainly due to overall lower acreage and fear of crop damage after incessant rains in the growing region of Madhya Pradesh. Kendriya Bhandar, a Central government-run cooperative, has...
More »India’s ‘salaried class’ shrank during Covid, Muslims hit hardest, govt data suggests -Nikhil Rampal
-ThePrint.in India’s salaried class shrank by 2.7 percentage points during pandemic, govt’s Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) shows. But data for religious minorities, women is even bleaker. New Delhi: There’s much to lament in India’s post-Covid job market, where recovery has been painfully slow. However, Government data suggests that when it comes to the salaried sector, the participation of religious minorities — Muslims, Sikhs, and Christians, in that order — has been...
More »Govt data: Only 18% of 1 crore registered MSMEs owned by women entrepreneurs -Parvathy Pillai
-Financial Express Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: As of August 3, 2022, 17,96,408 enterprises were women-owned MSMEs out of the total 99,58,903 MSMEs registered on the Udyam portal. Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: 18 per cent of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) registered in the country are owned by women entrepreneurs, according to Government data. As of August 3, 2022, 17,96,408 enterprises were women-owned MSMEs out of the total...
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