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India’s economy in 2020: Year of many questions -Anil Sasi

-The Indian Express India's economy in 2020: As Annus Horribilis 2020 comes to an end, there are positives in the economy: signs of a GDP rebound, and buoyant equity markets. But demand is weak, receipts are down, and the employment situation is grim. All eyes are on the Budget — and on the vaccines In a little over a month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present what she has heralded as “a...

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Kerala Only State That Pays MSPs as per Swaminathan Commission Recommendations -Dr Somu

-Newsclick.in PM Modi has said that despite there being no APMC market yards in Kerala, the state is opposing the farm laws. But what Kerala has is an alternative course of agricultural policies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi while releasing Rs 18,000 crore on Friday as the next Rs 2000 installment to eligible farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) programme, accused the opposition parties of misleading the agitating farmers that...

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To understand the outbreak of zoonotic diseases, track human activities causing environmental changes, key message of UNEP-ILRI report

A report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), which was released on July 6th (observed as World Zoonoses Day by research institutions and non-governmental organisations across the globe) this year, says that around 60 percent of known infectious diseases in humans are estimated to have an animal origin. Likewise, almost three-fourth of all new and emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic i.e. these diseases...

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Explained: What determines onion prices -Parthasarathi Biswas

-The Indian Express In back-to-back moves aimed at controlling onion prices, the government has relaxed import norms and now reintroduced stock limits. Why have prices been rising, and how far can these moves check the rise? With less than a week to go for the Bihar elections, the Centre on Friday reintroduced the stock limit on onions — a move aimed at controlling rising prices, which crossed Rs 80 per kg in...

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Is This the Market Reform Indian Agriculture Needs? -Sudha Narayanan

-TheIndiaForum.in The rules of the game in markets have changed dramatically. But there are problems with the fundamental premise of the approach, there are doubts about the future of state intervention & there are major lacunae in the bills, all making the outcome uncertain. On 5 June 2020, amidst growing concern over the seismic collapse of the economy and the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government of India promulgated three ordinances...

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