-The Hindu Business Line A valuable account of how holistic, small-farmer based agriculture can show the way MS Swaminathan is well known as the key architect of India’s Green Revolution in the mid-1960s and an all-time crusader against hunger and food insecurity. His latest book, entitled Combating Hunger and Achieving Food Security, broadly shows the road map for a hunger-free and food-secure India. The book has 30 chapters, each suggesting some sweet...
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India ranks near bottom on inclusive growth, development: WEF
-PTI 'No country is a top performer in every sub—pillar' Geneva: India has been ranked very low, mostly in the bottom half, globally on most of the parameters for inclusive growth and development even as it fares much better internationally when it come to business and political ethics. In a first of its kind global rankings, across different groups of countries in terms of their per capita income levels, the World Economic Forum...
More »In drought hit Maharashtra region, an early casualty: education -Kavitha Iyer
-The Indian Express Villagers in Chikalthana say not more than one in every 20 wells in the vicinity has any water left. Not a single farmer in the village will earn anything from the field this kharif season. Parbhani/ Beed (Maharashtra): This summer, Meera Jadhav, 18, secured a first division in her Class XII board exams. Weeks later, her younger sister Suvarna, 16, got her Class X final results — over...
More »Early exit of monsoon may cause trouble for northwest region -Madhvi Sally
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The monsoon is likely to start withdrawing from September 1 from west Rajasthan, posing a problem for farmers in the northwest region which has not received adequate rains during the season this year. India receives 70% of annual rains during the four-month monsoon which lasts till September. Meteorologists said the monsoon is likely to begin its retreat over the next one week, unless a western disturbance brings...
More »IMD’s monsoon forecast -Anil Padmanabhan
-Livemint.com With barely weeks left for the to begin its retreat, it is emerging that India will close the year with a deficit much higher than what was initially forecast Another year and another bad monsoon. What were the odds? The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast this year’s monsoon—like last year—to be below normal. At that time, we all hoped that the IMD had got it wrong—the Economy was on the...
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