-The Hindu Number of workers employed too falls by more than 5 lakh Chennai: Contrary to claims that the industrial climate in Tamil Nadu has improved, close to 50,000 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have been wound up in the State in just one year on account of a host of factors. A government policy note tabled by the MSME Department in the Assembly on Thursday revealed that the total number of...
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Sugarcane crisis: Govt focuses on technology fixes, but not on mounting dues to farmers -Kundan Pandey
-Down to Earth While sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh owe about Rs 12,500 crore to farmers, the government’s MEAsures were directed mostly towards tackling current price crash In a knee-jerk reaction to the defeat in Kairana by-elections, the Narendra Modi government, on Wednesday, took a slew of policy decisions related to sugarcane industry. The plight of sugarcane farmers was a big issue during the recently concluded by-elections in this town in...
More »India's rank marginally improves in peace index -Suvojit Bagchi
-The Hindu Bangladesh, U.S. and China slip; Pakistan improves rank Kolkata: India’s rank has marginally improved in “global peacefulness”, at a time when there is an overall decline of global peace owing to escalation of violence in West Asia and and North Africa. Pakistan too has improved marginally, according to the Global Peace Index (GPI), released by Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). The IEP, world’s leading think tank that develops metrics...
More »Why are farmers angry -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express Behind the agitation, stagnant income and deteriorating terms of trade for agriculture New Delhi: Why are Indian farmers an angry lot today — stopping the supply of vegetables to cities and even spilling milk on roads? An answer to this can be found in the estimates of gross domestic product/ national income growth from the Central Statistics Office. The accompanying table shows two sets of growth figures. The first is...
More »Sharp garlic price drop leaves Mandsaur farmers with a bitter taste -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard Farmers wait for the Bhavanter sale window to close in the next few weeks as they believe prices would increase after that, like in the case of soybean Pipliyamandi (Mandsaur): "A few years ago, we used to say, if someone took a trolly full of garlic to the mandi, he might end up buying a new tractor on his way back home. But now it seems even the tractor that...
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