-The Hindu Business Line A bank-supported NGO initiative has transformed agriculture in the Hubli-Dharwad area Can a small investment of, say, ₹97,000, for digging farm ponds make for increase in farm incomes and improvement in farmers’ livelihoods? Can such farm ponds lead to an increase in cropping intensity and higher productivity? Can these minor investments then be replicated across the country as only 50 per cent of India’s net sown area of...
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Northeast battles deluge but IMD says monsoon rain declined over three decades -Jayashree Nandi
-Hindustan Times Nearly every year these parts of the northeast suffer deluge during monsoon months. However, IMD’s analysis of ‘rainfall variability and changes over different states’ for the period between 1989 and 2018 for Assam suggests that monthly rainfall for all monsoon months between June and September is recording a decreasing trend. The flood situation in Assam and Meghalaya continued to remain alarming due to ongoing extremely heavy rainfall in the northeastern...
More »More than a quarter of MSMEs lost market share due to pandemic
-The Hindu Business Line Half of them suffered a contraction in their EBITDA margins because of a sharp rise in commodity prices More than a quarter of India’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) lost a market share of over 3 per cent due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to CRISIL Research’s SME Report 2022. Please click here to read more. ...
More »Survey reveals why rural women offer biscuits to their children for breakfast
-The Hindu A women’s voluntary group working is helping counter malnutrition among children in 30 villages of Belagavi district in Karnataka. They are creating awareness among mothers about malnutrition and nutritious food BELAGAVI: Members of Jagruti Mahila Okkoota, who were on a door-to-door survey on the food habits in some villages of Belagavi district in Karnataka, found that women were giving biscuit and tea to their children for breakfast while they ate...
More »Gig economy in India to employ 23.5 million by 2030, says NITI Aayog report -Isha Sahai Bhatnagar
-Hindustan Times Over 20% of the 7.7 million jobs in India’s gig economy are classified as high-skilled jobs and 31% as low-skilled jobs. The remaining 47% are classified as medium-skilled jobs India’s gig economy is estimated to employ 7.7 million people and is set to nearly triple to 23.5 million by 2029-30, a new report by the NITI Aayog said on Monday. The report, ‘India’s Booming Gig and Platform Economy’, is the first...
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