-Moneycontrol.com An intense focus on securing market access abroad and promoting Indian goods saw dozens of new products including Himachali millets and Chandauli’s black rice being shipped from India to several new destinations such as the UAE, and Denmark India’s agriculture and allied exports grew at a brisk 21 percent in the first eight months of the current financial year despite broken supply chains and various challenges brought about by the COVID-19...
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Indian farmers turn to black market for fertilisers as prices soar -Pratik Parija and Vrishti Beniwal
-ThePrint.in India is one of the worst affected by worldwide fertilizer crisis. Crop nutrients' prices soared as tight coal & natural gas supplies forced fertilizer plants in Europe to close. New Delhi: Indian farmers squeezed by a massive shortage of fertilizers are turning to the black market and paying exorbitant prices for supplies. The shortfall has led to a thriving market where subsidized crop nutrients are sold illegally at prices much higher than...
More »Five years of demonetisation: Black Money deals down 75-80%; sales outstrip new supply
-MoneyControl.com In post-DeMo Q4 2016-Q3 2021, sales of approximately 10.37 lakh units outstripped new launches that were at approximately 9.04 lakh units Cash transactions in the housing market have reduced by at least 75-80 percent since demonetisation five years ago. Buyers no longer buy homes to get rid of black money - they now buy them because they want to own homes. But the component is still finding its way into property...
More »Resolving farm crisis: Assured procurement of pulses at MSP -DS Bains
-Hindustan Times The country has to develop and adopt more efficient crop production techniques along with favourable marketing policies and price support mechanism. The lack of an assured market is the main reason for the poor availability of pulses India is the largest producer of pulses. Since the population has low-income levels and people are largely vegetarian, pulses provide good quality protein, and they contribute significantly to the nutritional security of the...
More »Shutdown marks day when J&K lost special status -Peerzada Ashiq
-The Hindu Regional parties express anguish; No violence reported from any part of Valley. On August 5, the day the Central government ended Jammu and Kashmir’s special status in 2019, people observed a shutdown, most markets remained closed and the regional parties expressed their anguish. However, the BJP held celebrations in Jammu and Srinagar. While the authorities decided not to block the Internet facility, extra deployments were made across the Valley. The shutdown resulted...
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