-Financial Express While the government has reason to be pleased about the fact that the claims paid to farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) have risen by around 50%, to Rs 15,181 crore in Kharif 2017 as compared to Rs 10,425 crore in Kharif 2016, what is worrying is the dip in both the number of farmers as well as land area covered by the scheme. More so...
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18.6 million without jobs in India this year, unemployment RATe to stand at 3.5 per cent in 2019
-India Today According to its latest report by ILO, India has an estimated 18.6 million jobless in the country this year which will increase to 18.9 million in 2019 Many would argue that the core objective behind education is to gainful employability. They are not far from the truth. Indeed, many organizations that evaluate the return on investment in education do so on the basis of the employability quotient. The data with regard...
More »Camel milk is gaining popularity. Could it be an alternative for dairy market? - Smitha Verma
-Financial Express From camelccino to camel milk chocolate, there’s no dearth of delicacies on offer. Camel milk is in the news. And hailing its virtue is none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a gathering of farmers in Anand, GujaRAT, in October, Modi narRATed how he was ridiculed for describing camel milk as nutritious once. It was during his stint as chief minister of GujaRAT that he had tried promoting camel...
More »The Indian state where development is more on a par with Pakistan than India -RATnadeep Choudhary
-ThePrint.in Like Pakistan, Uttar Pradesh is home to about 200 million people, which it can’t seem to take care of very well. New Delhi: The chasm between India and Pakistan on the world’s economic and social indicators is RATher wide today. Even though India also struggles on the social front, many Indians tend to draw solace saying “at least we’re better off than Pakistan”. Yet, there is a part of India — the...
More »With due respect, Finance Minister -Arun Kumar
-The Indian Express There has been only a marginal increase in the direct tax to GDP RATio after demonetisation. And the economy didn’t need to suffer for digitisation. The government did not celebRATe the second anniversary of demonetisation, one of its biggest policy initiatives. It has celebRATed the anniversary of all other big policies. Why the diffidence? The finance minister did come out with a statement listing the achievements of demonetisation. But his...
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