-ThePrint.in 'Pusa Ahilya' or HI 1634 is said to allow later sowing without risk of heatwave effects, and have a high yield potential of 70.6 quintals per hectare. New Delhi: At a time when wheat farmers across the country are reeling from poor harvests Due a scorching March, scientists at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have released a new heat-resistant variety of the crop. Known as HI 1634 or ‘Pusa Ahilya’,...
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Tea workers and staff get interim hike of 15% in pay -Avijit Sinha
-The Telegraph Wages and salaries raised with effect from January 1; planters asked to clear Dues before July-end Siliguri: The state labour department issued a notification on Tuesday for an interim hike of 15 per cent in wages of workers and salaries of staff and sub-staff in tea gardens of north Bengal with retrospective effect from January 1. According to the notification issued by state labour commissioner Amarnath Mallick, the daily wage would...
More »Study Finds Severe Malnutrition Spiked in Half of India in 5 Years -Priyanka Ishwari
-Newsclick.in Acute malnutrition in preschool children increased in 341 out of 707 districts across 36 states and UTs between 2016 and 2021. An analysis of district-level data published in a reputed health journal shows a worrying rise in severe wasting in almost half of Indian districts even as the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 showed only an overall marginal increase in levels of severe acute malnutrition among children in the country. According to...
More »Record Profits Boost Corporate Sector in Pandemic -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in This is in contrast to estimated 84% of Indian families reporting decline in their earnings Due to pandemic related lockdowns and restrictions. The trend was visible from last year but the scale of profits reported by listed companies after the last financial year ended in March this year is nothing short of mind-boggling. According to latest data by CMIE or Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, companies listed at the BSE (formerly...
More »Is the ban on wheat exports good policy? -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu It is ad hoc, hurts farmers’ incomes, and may not impact inflation much Over the last month, the government has banned the export of wheat and imposed quantitative restrictions on outbound sugar shipments. The wheat export ban came within days of a push to enhance India’s wheat supplies to the rest of the world after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This is a time of persistently high inflation, spurred by rising...
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