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-The Hindu Business Line Pesticide residues in India’s agri exports calls for a multi-pronged policy response As reported recently by this newspaper, India’s cumin exports have suffered a setback in recent months, with China claiming that pesticide residues exceeded the maximum residue limits (MRLs) spelt out by it about six months back. Chinese authorities have said that consignments must be accompanied by a pesticide residue report. India has been through all this...

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Four key climate change indicators break records in 2021: WMO

-Press release by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) dated 18 May 2022 Geneva, 18 May 2022 (WMO): Four key climate change indicators – greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification – set new records in 2021. This is yet another clear sign that human activities are causing planetary scale changes on land, in the ocean, and in the atmosphere, with harmful and long-lasting ramifications for sustainable development and...

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Bharat fuelling retail inflation -Shishir Sinha

-The Hindu Business Line Experts attribute it to higher cost of providing goods and services and more money under schemes Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) for rural areas is higher than urban areas for four successive months with West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Haryana recording double-digit rural retail inflation in April. These are among the 17 States that witnessed higher retail inflation in rural areas. However, in Karnataka, Kerala,...

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Inflation-brace for aftershocks -Pranjul Bhandari

-Business Standard Goods producers have passed on more input cost increases than services producers Inflation is here to stay. It is currently affecting different groups of people in different ways. But as price pressures spread, everyone will be similarly impacted, leaving weaker growth and sticky prices which will outlast the commodity price shock. We answer some pressing questions. Have the global price increases fed fully into domestic food inflation? Not all the price...

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Rs.78,704 crore due to States as GST recompense

-The Hindu Dues equal four months’ compensation, says Finance Ministry The Centre is yet to remit ₹78,704 crore in outstanding Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation dues to States, equivalent to four months of compensation under the indirect tax regime introduced in July 2017, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday, citing ‘inadequate balance in the fund’.   “The pending amount will also be released as and when amount from cess accrues in the...

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