-Economic and Political Weekly The state of agricultural markets, the agricultural market policy and regulatory reforms in Punjab are reviewed in the context of the agrarian crisis. The farmer and farm worker manifesto of the Aam Aadmi Party is critically assessed. Policy mechanisms for agro-industrial development of the state are suggested. There have been various attempts in the past to address the agrarian crisis mostly in the form of relief measures...
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Modi govt went ahead with demonetisation despite RBI concerns: report -Rajesh Kumar Singh and Suvashree Choudhury
-Livemint.com RBI’s testimony to parliamentary panel shows the bank had warned the government of possible inconvenience to the public for some time New Delhi/ Mumbai: India pushed ahead with its decision to demonetise high-value banknotes even as the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) own board expressed concern whether the cash could be replaced quickly enough, the central bank has said in written testimony to parliament. The revelation comes amid growing criticism about whether...
More »Mihir Shah Committee report recommends a paradigm shift in water management
Against the backdrop of drought that affected most states in the past 2 years, it is essential to take a look at a report on improving water governance in the country, which was submitted to the Ministry of Water Resources in July, 2016. That report, which was prepared by the Committee on Restructuring the Central Water Commission (CWC) and Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) under the chairpersonship of Dr. Mihir...
More »Green Revolution architect sounds alarm on India's food security -Jayashree Bhosale
-The Economic Times PUNE: As 2016 proved to be the hottest year in recent times, MS Swaminathan, the architect of India's Green Revolution, thinks that it is time for India to take anticipatory action to insulate major crops from adverse impact of high mean temperature. The veteran expressed his concerns about rising temperature trends and gave suggestions for securing the country's food security with a series of tweets. "Having seen the hottest year...
More »Government spends Rs 3.09 per Rs 500 currency note: RTI
-IANS RBI buys the currency notes from the Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Pvt Ltd Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) spends Rs 3.09 for each Rs 500 note as cost towards paper, printing and other charges, an RTI query has revealed. The information was given here on Friday to Mumbai Right To Information activist Anil Galgali on his query on the printing costs incurred by the government for printing Rs 500...
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