-The Telegraph The risks of mining in Goa far outweigh ‘developmental gains’ Over five years ago, Hartman de Souza, a Goan, wrote a very angry book, Eat Dust: Mining and Greed in Goa, about the political economy of mining, giving a harrowing account of the mining racket orchestrated by those with political power, money and influence during the Age of Greed (2008-2011). This year, four national political parties are fighting the Goa elections...
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What will be India’s GDP in 2022-’23? The government and RBI have given three answers in 11 days -Rajrishi Singhal
-Scroll.in/ Qz.com While the economic survey and Budget estimate the growth in the coming fiscal year to be 8%-8.5% and 6.6% respectively, RBI forecasts it to be 7.8%. Indians have enjoyed an ever-expanding array of choices for consumer goods over the past couple of decades. In this season of cheer and goodwill, they now have the pleasure of even selecting a version of India’s growth perspectives, depending on the risks playing out. Three...
More »A cutback in PMFBY funding may further affect the timely release of compensation for crop failures
On February 18, 2016, India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. After its launch, the PMFBY was implemented by 21 states during kharif 2016, whereas in rabi 2016-17, 23 states and 2 UTs implemented the same. The Central Government launched the PMFBY in the kharif season of 2016 with the intention to help farmers cope with crop losses because of unseasonal and extreme weather....
More »Sanjeev Sanyal, principal economic advisor, interviewed by Kamalika Ghosh (OutlookIndia.com)
-OutlookIndia.com The principal economic advisor is confident of achieving GDP growth promised by finance minister Nirmala SITharaman in the budget but is also cautious that some external factors can derail the projections Automobiles and two-wheelers are seeing muted sales not because of a low-demand SITuation afflicting the sector, but because there is a supply-side issue about chips, principal economic advisor to the government Sanjeev Sanyal told Outlook Business. He also said that...
More »PM CARES Collected Rs.10,990 Crore Till March 2021, Spent ₹ 3,976 Crore -Arvind Gunasekar
-NDTV.com Billed as a "dedicated fund with the primary objective of dealing with any kind of emergency...", PM CARES spent ₹ 3,976 crore in the first year of its operation New Delhi: 64 per cent of the Rs.10,990 crore collected by the PM CARES Fund between March 27, 2020, and March 31, 2021, remained unused as of the latter date, according to data accessed by NDTV. As of March 2021, the PM CARES...
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