-NDTV blog If you had invested all your savings in the stock market at the end of March last year, by now, you would have almost doubled your money. But in the same period, India's GDP in today's prices would have slid by at least 9-10 percent. Anyone who looks at this divergence will say that the markets have completely 'decoupled' from the economy. Conventional wisdom tells us that this is a...
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Number Theory: The data India needs to diagnose the economy -Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times Most forecasters, institutional and private, have revised their GDP estimates for both 2020-21 and 2021-22. India imposed one of the world’s most stringent lockdowns -- it went on for 68 days -- starting on March 25 to curb the spread of Covid-19 infections. It was this lockdown which triggered a record contraction of 24% in India’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the FIRst quarter of fiscal 2020-21. The economic shock...
More »Gadkari launches India’s FIRst CNG Tractor -Shreya Nandi
-Livemint.com * With this, farmers will be able to save more than ₹1 trillion annually on fuel cost, which will help them to improve their livelihood, Nitin Gadkari said * It is safer as CNG tanks come with a tight seal, which reduces the possibility of explosion while refueling or in the event of a spill, the minister said New Delhi: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday launched India’s...
More »Development vs environment debate resurfaces after Uttarakhand flash floods -Megha Kaveri
-TheNewsMinute.com Experts say that the narrative that a country must choose between environment and development itself is wrong. Merely days after the fatal landslide in Kerala’s Pettimudi in Idukki district in August last year, the spotlight was back on the Gadgil report on the Western Ghats. The report, submitted to the government of India in 2011, had designated the Pettimudi region among the most sensitive ecological zones in the Western Ghats and...
More »How balanced soil nutrient management can save Indian agriculture -Ridham Kakar
-Down to Earth The ill-effects of imbalanced application of fertilisers — which leads to soil sickness, decline in soil health and reduces crop productivity — need to be understood to save Indian agriculture. Soil is rightfully called the ‘soul of infinite life’. This soul, however, has become dilapidated of late due to ill-agricultural practices being adapted to feed the ever-increasing mouths. The Green Revolution of 1965-66 helped India, for the FIRst time...
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