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Nashik farmer gets Rs 1,064 for 750kg of onion, sends earnings to PM Narendra Modi

-PTI MUMBAI: An onion-grower from Maharashtra, who had to sell his produce for little over Rs one per kg has sent his earnings to the Prime Minister to mark his protest. Sanjay Sathe, a resident of Niphad tehsil in Nashik district, was among the handful of 'progressive farmers' selected by the Union agriculture ministry for an interaction with then US president Barack Obama when he visited India in 2010. Speaking to PTI on...

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Under fire, NITI Aayog says was told to look at GDP back series data -Sunny Verma

-The Indian Express Many economists have  questioned the NITI Aayog’s role in the release of the statistical  exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI). New Delhi: Facing Criticism over the NITI Aayog’s presence at the release of the GDP back series data by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) last week, Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said his department was asked to “have a look”...

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Recalculating GDP figures isn't wrong, it's strange. Let CSO explain this -Ashok V Desai

-The Economic Times The NDA government has been a pioneer a number of times. Demonetisation and the goods and services tax (GST) are only its bestknown antics. Now it has taken the lead in politicising national income statistics. Normally, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) issues a press note every quarter, giving figures of national income and its components for the previous quarter. The figures do not make headlines. The common man has...

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Q2 GDP growth slows to 7.1% from 8.2% in Q1 -TCA Sharad Raghavan

-The Hindu Various RATings agencies had predicted such a slowdown in the second quarter due to the impact of rising oil prices on input costs, and also due to the effect of the rupee devaluation. New Delhi: Second-quarter GDP growth slowed to 7.1%, from 8.2% in the preceding three-month period, official estimates released on Friday show. Gross Value Added (GVA) growth eased to 6.9% in July-September, from 8%. The GDP expansion in the...

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IAF charges Kerala Rs. 291 crore for airlifting, RATion goods during floods

-The New Indian Express The state urgently requires Rs 706.74 crore to clear the liabilities including Rs 290.74 crore charged by the Centre. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Indian Air Force has asked the state government to pay Rs 290.74 crore as aircraft charge for holding rescue opeRATions during mid-August flood and for supplying RATion materials. Making the statement in the Assembly, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) has a sum...

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