-The Hindu City’s revenue collection registers a growth of 14.7% in 2017-2018; debt problem ‘well under control’, states Economic Survey tabled in Assembly New Delhi: The Delhi government’s revenue collection, the per capita income of Delhiites and the percentage of growth of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of the Capital are all estimated to see an upward trend, according to the Economic Survey of Delhi 2018-2019. Tabled by Delhi Finance Minister Manish...

-Hindustan Times Previous attempts to study 18th and 19th century droughts have been limited to meteorological droughts caused by failure of rains A study that reconstructed droughts and famines across India over the last 146 years says lack of moisture in the soil for extended periods of time can be linked to some of the most devastating famines. Previous attempts to study 18th and 19th century droughts have been limited to meteorological droughts...

-ThePrint.in Irrespective of its merits and eventual fate, the basic income proposal means that this election is now focused firmly on the economy. Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s announcement about minimum income guarantee (MIG) is the first big idea introduced in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. So far, the election was building up towards one of the many vacuous and noisy contestations that we have Witnessed in the last few...

-The Hindu Steps like limited procurement, boosting productivity and consolidating land holdings can help reduce agrarian distress Recently, there has been active discussion on the strategies addressing farm distress. There are media reports that the ‘interim Budget’ may focus on the farm sector among other things. Agrarian distress, in the present context, is mainly in terms of low agricultural prices and, consequently, poor farm incomes. Low productivity in agriculture and related supply...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Abysmal sex ratios have generally been associated with states like Haryana and Punjab. However, the data for 2007 to 2016 on sex ratio at birth, an indication of which way the sex ratio will move in the coming years, shows that southern states barring Kerala have Witnessed some of the most dramatic drops. Data collated by the office of the Registrar General of India from the...