-Hindustan Times India on Thursday communicated strong objections to discussions under a special UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) effort known as the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture, which has sought to expand efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouses gases to the agriculture sector. According to people aware of the matter, a draft decision under the Koronivia Joint Work mentions mitigation – the efforts to reduce emissions – multiple times. “Noted that...
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Weighing in on PMGKAY, the free grains scheme -T Ramakrishnan
-The Hindu The Government may have its reasons in extending, once again, the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana scheme, but it cannot delay the commissioning of a study that should help stop the diversion of foodgrains and identify the food needy The extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), a scheme to distribute free foodgrains to the poor, for another three months, comes as a surprise for many...
More »Punjab, Haryana can hedge India against climate-induced food shortages. See data - Siraj Hussain and Shweta Saini
-ThePrint.in The two states earned a lot of flak during the farmers’ agitation for demanding continuation of the existing system of APMCs and MSP operations. The global events of the last one year, especially during the Russia-Ukraine war, have again shown the importance of food security to the world. It is critical for India too as it has to provide food to a large population of about 1.39 billion people. Punjab and...
More »Mizoram stone quarry collapse: toll goes up to 11 -H Lalhlimum
-Hindustan Times Deputy commissioner R Lalremsanga said the body of a 25-year-old man from Lunglei was recovered from the debris around 8:30pm on Wednesday The toll from the stone quarry collapse in Mizoram’s Hnahthial district went up to 11 as one more body was recovered from the site, an official said on Thursday. Deputy commissioner R Lalremsanga said the body of a 25-year-old man from Lunglei was recovered from the debris around 8:30pm...
More »Number theory: Knots in India-China trade data -Surendar Singh and Ram Singh
-The Hindu Business Line Under-invoicing of imports is just one part of the story. Data asymmetries have many other factors. The trade data mismatch of India and China has attracted wide coverage from both electronic and print media. This mismatch is attributed to ‘under-invoicing’ by Indian importers for the imports originating from China. There is mismatch of $12 billion with China reporting its exports to India over $103 billion. Indian agencies, on the...
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