-The Hindu To tackle malnutrition, food prices must be regulated and the PDS strengthened in both developed and poor States Despite being one of the fastest growing economies in the world, India has been ranked at 103 out of 119 countries, with hunger levels categorised as “serious”, in the Global Hunger Index 2018. Strikingly, in July, THRee girls died of starvation resulting from prolonged malnutrition in the national capital Delhi, which has...
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ORF-WEF survey: '70% youth unaware of govt's skill development programmes' -Karishma Mehrotra
-The Indian Express The low training participation was mostly due to financial barriers and time constraints, with each category cited by a third of youth respondents. Seventy per cent of youth are unaware of government-run skill development programmes in their area, yet more than seventy per cent are very interested in pursuing skills training, according to a “Young India and Work” study by the Observer Research Foundation and World Economic Forum. The findings,...
More »Soaring Joblessness Among Youth May Sink BJP in Polls - Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Unemployment among youth is raging at a staggering 26 per cent to 55 per cent in the THRee BJP ruled states going to polls in the coming weeks. High and pervasive joblessness among youth of age group 20-29 years is severely denting the re-election prospects of BJP in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. According to data from CMIE’s Statistical Profile for May-August 2018, unemployment rate was 26 per cent in...
More »Camel milk is gaining popularity. Could it be an alternative for dairy market? - Smitha Verma
-Financial Express From camelccino to camel milk chocolate, there’s no dearth of delicacies on offer. Camel milk is in the news. And hailing its virtue is none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a gathering of farmers in Anand, Gujarat, in October, Modi narrated how he was ridiculed for describing camel milk as nutritious once. It was during his stint as chief minister of Gujarat that he had tried promoting camel...
More »More firms battling squeeze in profit margins, finds IIM-A survey
-The Hindu Business Line BIES for Sept 2018 points at more proportion of companies facing ‘much less than normal profits’ Ahmedabad: The manufacturing sector seems to be going THRough a troubled time as more companies have indicated a ‘much less than normal’ profit margin, according to a survey by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). The latest Business Inflation Expectations Survey (BIES) for the month of September 2018, revealed that 45 per...
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