-The Indian Express Government committee must work out a sustainable policy FRAmework to address scarcity and inflation in pulses The government’s decision to form a panel headed by chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian to study and suggest ways to contain the rising prices of pulses is a welcome move. The committee is expected to FRAme a long-term policy, which will look into various aspects, including the MSP (minimum support price) and bonus...
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Nutrient prices: Non-starter of a cut -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express Fertiliser makers rule out reduction in DAP rates, despite exhortations from Centre. Union Chemicals and fertilisers minister Ananth Kumar has stated that companies have “agreed” to slash maximum retail prices of non-urea fertilisers like DAP (di-ammonium phosphate) and MOP (muriate of potash) by Rs 2,500 to Rs 5,000 per tonne, even as plantings for the ongoing kharif season have picked up on the back of a good monsoon. But it...
More »Can a Data Revolution Help India Achieve Its Health Goals? -Oommen C Kurian
-TheWire.in A ‘data revolution’ is needed in terms of making disaggregated data available if India is to achieve – or get anywhere near – the ambitious sustainable development goals related to health and nutrition. Earlier this year, around two hundred countries came together and agreed in principle on a global indicator FRAmework for the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals (SDG). The 17 goals and 169 targets of the SDG FRAmework...
More »Shimla to adopt odd-even formula
-The Times of India Shimla: To overcome the problem of traffic jam and decongest the roads of Shimla town, the district administration is thinking of introducing the odd -even formula for vehicles. With a rise in the number of vehicles, including those of tourists, the town is witnessing traffic jams, and the problem aggravates during the peak tourist season. To devise ways and means of decongesting roads in Shimla, and to regulate...
More »Lax norms linked to banking FRAud: CAG
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Blaming weaknesses in the regulatory system as being the reason behind the rising cases of financial sector FRAud, comptroller and auditor general (CAG) Shashi Kant Sharma on Friday drew attention to huge non-performing assets (NPAs) of public sector banks, a significant part of which could have been FRAudulently obtained as advances by debtors and transferred abroad, from where they may never be recovered. The CAG also...
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