-Livemint.com Use of population figures from 2011 census instead of 1971 census for sharing tax revenue among states triggers opposition from South India New Delhi: A political storm is brewing in South India over what is normally a largely unnoticed bureaucratic exercise undertaken once in five years to determine how India distributes its pooled tax revenues among its many states. Several chief ministers and opposition leaders of southern states have expressed vehement opposition...
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Kitchen Gardens That Bring Nutrition, Livelihood Support and Protect Seeds -Bharat Dogra and Baba Mayaram
-TheWire.in Examples from Jharkhand, Karnataka and other places make a strong case for kitchen gardens in more parts of the country. Pali Biruli lives in Gondamara, a tribal village in Saraikela district of Jharkhand. When we stepped into the courtyard of her home to have a glass of water, the beauty of the surrounding greenery surprised us. Within a small place. she and her family members had managed to grow papaya, mango,...
More »Farmer-politics is a self-defeating exercise in today's India - Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times Herein lies the crisis of farmer politicians. They have neither aspirations nor the power of coercion working for them. Rural distress dominated discussions around the political-economy in 2017, and will likely continue to do so in 2018, much to the consternation of political incumbents. Those in opposition will be looking forward to harvesting this anger for their own benefit. One question is worth asking though. Where is the farmer-politician in...
More »Income inequality in India worsens, but slower than Russia and China: report -Gireesh Chandra Prasad
-Livemint.com Income inequality in India has risen over the last three decades and a half with the top 10% of earners cornering 55% of the national income in 2016, says report New Delhi: Income inequality in India has worsened over the past three-and-a-half decades and the top 10% of earners now corner more than half of the country’s national income in 2016. Their share was 30% of the national income in 1980,...
More »Narendra Modi gets a stellar economic advisory panel but will he listen to it in an election year? -Seetha
-Firstpost.com So, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has got his three wise men and one wise woman to advise him on managing the economy. The Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) has been revived with Bibek Debroy as chairman and Surjit Bhalla, Rathin Roy and Ashima Goyal as members. Ratan Watal, a career bureaucrat, will be member secretary. No one can deny that it’s a great team with impeccable credentials, both as economists...
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