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Lifting of Iran sanctions boon for basmati -Dilip Kumar Jha

-Business Standard Export to Iran might hit a record high Lifting of global economic sanctions on Iran could, it is hoped in the trade, enable a new record for basmati rice export to that country from here in 2015-16. Iran is also expected to cut import duty on Indian basmati from 40 per cent now to 20 per cent from the new season, starting October. Our basmati export was a record 1.44 million...

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Declining Cattle Population -Nilakantha Rath

-Economic and Political Weekly There has been a major change in the composition and mix of the cattle population in India. The proportion of male cattle has declined sharply as farmers do not fi nd it worthwhile to maintain bullocks to plough holdings that are becoming smaller and smaller. The composition of the milch cattle population too is changing. The proportion of the indigenous breed is falling and that of the...

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Wholesale price index dips in May -TCA Sharad Raghavan & Sanjay Vijayakumar

-The Hindu Food inflation remained positiv, at 3.8 % compared to what it was in May 2014. Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation was -2.36 per cent in May, marking the seventh consecutive month in which it has been negative, compared to -2.65 per cent in April. Food inflation remained positive, at 3.8 per cent compared to what it was in May 2014. However, the consensus among analysts is that this will not...

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Nuke insurance pool set up

-The Telegraph New Delhi: A clutch of Indian public and private sector companies yesterday set up a nuclear insurance pool of Rs 1,500 crore needed for any compensation payments in the event of a nuclear accident, senior atomic energy officials said today. The nuclear insurance pool, with a contribution from a UK-based nuclear insurer, is expected to address concerns among international and domestic suppliers that India's civil nuclear liability law gives nuclear...

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The BJP’s borrowed feathers -Dr. Manmohan Singh

-The Hindu Business Line Don’t let Modi’s gloss undermine the efforts and achievements of the UPA government, says the former Prime Minister This is the text of a speech delivered at the Congress chief ministers’ conclave in New Delhi on June 9 There is somewhat of a euphoria that our GDP growth since 2014-15 has started accelerating once again. But doubts have been expressed both within and outside government about the validity of...

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