-Down to Earth The past three decades have seen stagnation in acreage, production and productivity of pulses across the country due to a bevy of reasons that include availability of more profitable crops The primary reason behind India’s domestic shortage in pulses is stagnation of production over the past five decades. Overcoming the Pulses Crisis, a 2010 report by the Confederation of Indian industry, states the production of pulses grew only by...
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How India’s news media became an elaborate PR machine: It’s the economy, stupid -Aunindyo Chakravarty
-Newslaundry.com The boom of the 2000s met the inevitable decline of 2008, followed by a political atmosphere that was hostile to independent journalism. What caused India’s news media to become an elaborate PR machine for the government and corporates? It’s the economy, stupid. Let me unpack this a bit by comparing two numbers from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s monthly employment data. Five years ago, in September 2016, there were about 10.3...
More »Almost 78 per cent jobs lost in media and publishing industry in 5 years: CMIE survey
-National Herald The media and publishing industry employed over 10.3 lakh people across India in September 2016 and now in August 2021, it employs 2.3 lakh only, according to a survey by the CMIE At least 78% of those working in the media and publishing industry have lost their jobs, according to a survey by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). The media and publishing industry employed over 10.3 lakh people...
More »Agriculture Ministry ties up with Jio, ITC, NCDEX to develop agritech
-The Hindu The Agriculture Ministry signed agreements on Tuesday with Reliance’s Jio Platforms, ITC, Cisco, NCDEX e-Markets and Ninjacart to develop agritech solutions using its National Farmers Database which includes information of 5.5 crore farmers. Microsoft, Amazon and Patanjali are among the companies that signed agreements for similar pilot projects earlier this year. This is part of an effort to modernise the agriculture sector by infusing new technologies so that farmers can...
More »India has an edible oil problem, but palm oil won't fix it -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com * Amid soaring cooking oil prices, India has a new plan to grow oil palm locally. Is the solution worse than the problem? * India plans to add about 2.5 million tonnes of home grown crude palm oil by 2030. Its ₹11,000-cr national mission on oil palm focuses on north-east and Andaman and Nicobar Islands M V. Ramoji Rao is a seasoned dentist and a busy one too. It’s not easy to...
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