-VillageSquare.in A new study by the Development Intelligence Unit (DIU) sheds light on rural India’s eating habits, debunking several myths, like richer people eat a more diverse diet than the poor. In a sure sign of development, India has shifted from worrying about food security to worrying about nutrition security – ensuring its people get a richer, more varied diet. Simply put, a more diverse diet means more nutrition, more nutrition means healthier...
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Why volatile food prices will keep the heat on India’s consumer inflation level this year -Radhika Pandey
-ThePrint.in Lower rainfall in some parts of the country is expected to keep food prices elevated in the coming months. Which means inflation will be above 6%. India’s retail inflation surged to 7 per cent in August from a five-month low of 6.7 per cent in July. Food, which accounts for nearly half of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket, grew 7.62 percent as against 6.69 per cent in July. While the...
More »Women fail to get due recognition as farmers -Pillalamarri Srinivas
-Deccan Chronicle Adilabad: When the founding fathers of the Indian republic sat down to write the Constitution, the feature that they gave utmost importance was equality. It was the cornerstone on which the Constitution stands. They wanted each individual to enjoy equality in opportunity as well as treatment. But even 75 years after independence, successive governments failed to make good this constitutional pledge to several sections of people. Women are one of...
More »Oxfam's India Discrimination Report: Women in India earn less and get fewer jobs
-Press release by Oxfam India dated 15 September 2022 New Delhi: Oxfam India’s latest ‘India Discrimination Report 2022’ finds women in India despite their same educational qualification and work experience as men will be discriminated in the labour market due to societal and employers’ prejudices. The academically recognised statistical model applied in the India Discrimination Report is now able to quantify the discrimination women face in the labour market. The lower...
More »India among countries responsible for global increase in carbon emissions in 2022, says study
-Scroll.in Carbon emissions in India Inc.eased by 7.5% from January to May 2022 as compared to the same period last year, the study said. India was among the countries that led the global increase in carbon dioxide emissions in the first five months of 2022, according to a multi-agency report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization released on Tuesday. Carbon emissions in India Inc.eased by 7.5% from January to May 2022 as compared...
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