-The indian Express Policy coordination between the Centre and states will be crucial for implementing this ambitious reform agenda. The National Statistical Office will release the second advance GDP estimates for 2020-21 at the end of February. The first advance estimate had, in early January, forecasted a contraction of 7.7 per cent in 2020-21. This was due largely to an expected, sharp contraction in both industry and services. The second advance estimates...
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FSSAI's GMO threshold for imported food crops ‘unacceptably high’, says letter to health minister
-Down to Earth FSSAI issued an order on February 8 setting the permissible limit for GMO in imported food crops at 1% The one per cent threshold for genetically modified organisms (GMO) in food crops imported into india, set by Food Safety and Standards Authority of india (FSSAI) in a recent order, is unacceptably high, the Coalition for a GM-Free india wrote in a letter to the government. It is an advocacy for...
More »india’s pandemic generation: 375 million children will suffer poor health, educational losses, says Centre for Science and Environment study
-The Hindu The pandemic also has its hidden victims — over 500 million children forced out of school globally and india accounted for more than half of them. The country is all set to usher in a ‘pandemic generation’, with 375 million children (from newborns to 14-year-olds) likely to suffer long-lasting impacts, ranging from being underweight, stunting and increased child mortality, to losses in education and work productivity, according to the State...
More »Bharat Bandh on Feb 26: Commercial markets to remain shut tomorrow -Poulomi Ghosh
-Hindustan Times As a transporter body has supported the strike on the issue of fuel price hike, E-way bill rules, 40 lakh trucks will remain off the road on Friday. Traders' body The Confederation of All india Traders have called for a Bharat Bandh on Friday protesting against the rising fuel prices, Goods and Services Tax, E-Bill etc. All india Transporters Welfare Association (AITWA) has extended support to the call for Bharat...
More »State of india’s environment: Why farmers kill themselves
-Down to Earth The back of the indian farmour is against the wall amid rising costs of inputs, climate change-induced risks and faulty market mechanisms More than 28 farmers and farm labourers die by suicide in india every day, according to the 2021 State of india’s Environment (SoE) report — an annual brought out by Down To Earth in association with Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The SoE report highlighted...
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