-The New Indian Express A new worrisome report released by the government-owned NABARD claims that 79 per cent of Telangana farmers are struggling to repay their loans on time. HYDERABAD: Every successive government has implemented scheme after scheme “to save” the debt-ridden farmer, yet none of them seem to have made any impact. A new worrisome report released by the government-owned NABARD claims that 79 per cent of Telangana farmers are struggling...
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'Rationalising subsidies, improving infrastructure could revive agri-sector' -Kiran Pandey
-Down to Earth For every million rupees spent on agricultural research, 328 people are pulled out of poverty. In contrast, the same amount spent on power subsidies brings only 23 people come out of poverty. The message is clear. With the Union elections only a few months away, the Centre should prioritise capital investments over populist subsidies to deliver on its promise of strengthening the farm sector. This is important, especially when the...
More »For The Farmer's Future -Ajay Vir Jakhar
-The Indian Express It is important to evaluate the consequences of the Centre’s agriculture policy. With elections around the corner, it’s too late for a course correction of the farm sector, but it’s an opportune time to document the unintended consequences of half-baked policies for the next five years. Otherwise, the momentum of existing policies will continue to feed rural economic misery. Agriculture GDP growth plummeted just as India’s agricultural trade surplus,...
More »Four of 10 women who commit Suicide in world are from India, most are under 40: Study -Anuradha Mascarenhas
-The Indian Express According to the study, in 2016, India accounted for 17.8 per cent (130 crore) of the global population but recorded 36.6 per cent (94,380) of the 2,57,624 Suicides among women across the world and 24.3 per cent of global Suicides among men. Pune: Almost four in every ten women who commit Suicide across the world are from India; 71.2 per cent of Suicide deaths among women in India were...
More »Women Suicide rate alarm -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph Young adults too take lives in high numbers New Delhi: India accounts for more than a third of global Suicide deaths among women, according to a study released on Wednesday. The study has also corroborated earlier findings that Suicide is the top cause of death among Indians aged between 15 and 39 years. "Young adults are taking their own lives in alarmingly high numbers, constituting a public health crisis," lead researcher Rakhi...
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