-Livemint.com Partnerships with schools in rural India, panchayats and the PRIvate sector can help fulfil our aims India has made progress over the years in addressing its high prevalence of under-nutrition. However, malnutrition remains a significant worry. A large proportion of children are still underweight (32%), stunted (36%), ‘wasted’ (19%) and anaemic (67%) according to National Family Health Survey data released this year. The Green Revolution, National Food Security Mission (2007) and...
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No ‘significant cuts’ expected in Budget Estimate for Central Ministries/Departments -Shishir Sinha
-The Hindu Business Line New accounting mechanism will help govt manage some savings; Revised Estimate for FY23 to be present in Budget for FY24 Initial indications from Inter-Ministerial meetings on the Budget show no significant cuts in allocations for various Ministries. It will be reflected in Revised Estimate (RE). Still, Finance Ministry could get high savings thanks to the new accounting mechanism. Inter-Ministerial meetings to finalise Revised Estimate for Fiscal Year 2022-23 and...
More »Rabi MSP sends wrong signals -Nilanjan Ghosh
-The Hindu Business Line Millets such as ragi deserve higher support PRIces as they are important for nutrition and water efficiency The CACP recommendations on Minimum Support PRIces (MSP) for the mandated six Rabi crops — wheat, barley, gram, lentil, rapeseed and mustard, and safflower — are arrived by considering several factors. These include the cost of production, supply and demand situation of various crops in domestic and global markets, domestic and world...
More »A reality check -Renu Kohli
-The Telegraph India’s economic recovery is uneven India’s ranking as one of the world’s fastest growing economies — a bright spot in a troubled and slowing world economy — routinely figures in the public discourse. It was upheld even as oil PRIces zoomed and inflation surged early this year. It did not waver when growth forecasts were lowered some six months ago. It wasn’t rattled when growth underperformed in the APRIl-June quarter....
More »Recovery analysis that points out what India got wrong -Suvojit Chattopadhyay
-The Hindu Being fiscally conservative resulted in a rise in extreme poverty, with there being no signs of any course correction A recent World Bank report, titled “Correcting Course”, captures the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global poverty. The number of people living in extreme poverty rose by seven crore million in 2020, as the global poverty rate rose from 8.4% in 2019 to 9.3% in 2020. This is the first...
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