-The Hindu Business Line Micro and small loans as on March 2022 grew by 21.5 per cent to ₹4,95,281 crore from ₹4,07,675 crore as on March 2021 The advances to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are growing at a good pace, as banks are turning liberal in sanctioning loans. The data pertaining to the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2022 as well FY22 show increase in MSME advances compared to previous year,...
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You’re not imagining it, Maggi to Vim bar—FMCGs are getting smaller. Shrinkflation is here -Shubhangi Misra
-ThePrint.in The chips, cola, detergent and namkeen you’re buying are getting more expensive. You’re just not noticing it, thanks to shrinkflation. New Delhi: Mukesh Tiwari, 35, set up his paan shop in Delhi’s ITO about three years ago. Since then, he noticed that the size of Rs 5-10 snack packets had shrunk considerably. “I didn’t weigh the older packets and I can’t give you a comparative analysis. Bas ye samjhiye sab chota...
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-IndiaToday.in The recent National Family Health Survey that was conducted between 2019 and 2021 busts many myths and also confirms some ugly realities of India. Numbers and data should be the two deities that any self-respecting media professional should respect and revere. Unfortunately, in the din and noise of acrimonious debates that revolve around matters of faith, a treasure trove of fascinating data that showcases an India that is both changing and...
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-The Telegraph The scientist, Madhav Gadgil, turns 80 this month I come from a family of scientists, but I shied away from studying science myself. Yet, in a happy irony, it turned out that the most important intellectual collaboration of my life was with a scientist, Madhav Gadgil, whose eightieth birthday falls later this month. Born in Pune, Gadgil studied in Bombay, and at Harvard, where he took a PhD in ecology and...
More »Why is your tadka getting more & more expensive? Blame India’s reliance on edible oil imports -Nikhil Rampal
-ThePrint.in Indians spending 14% more on edible oil compared to last year. Experts expect a cooldown if no shocks prevail, government says ‘situation under control’. New Delhi: A bottle of cooking oil is a constant in every Indian kitchen, but its price is not. According to data sourced from the Department of Consumer Affairs, by 16 May, consumers in the country were spending an average of 14 per cent more, or an extra...
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