-The Indian Express Maharashtra, according to sources, continues to witness the highest number of farmer suicides. The state saw an 18 per cent jump between 2014 and 2015 — from 2,568 to 3,030. New Delhi: FARMER suicides in the country spiked by over 40 per cent between 2014 and 2015. While 2014 saw 5,650 farmer suicides, the figure crossed 8,000 in 2015, government sources told The Indian Express. Maharashtra, according to sources,...
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Farm Policy: The political economy of why reforms elude agriculture -Pravesh Sharma
-The Indian Express India should learn from China and start with liberalisation of rural land, labour and capital markets before attempting bigger things. Independence Day has come and gone with its usual mix of celebRATions, pride and ruminations on how things could be better. Interestingly, several media commentaries tagged the event with the 25th anniversary of economic reforms, launched in 1991 around the same time of the year. They largely dwelt on the theme...
More »Food inflation to cool in August with prices of crops falling steeply amid good rains -Madhvi Sally
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Food inflation is poised to modeRATe significantly when data for August is released next month as the wholesale price of pulses has eased 30% while vegetable RATes have dropped as much as 50% in some markets in the past four weeks because normal monsoon rainfall has raised prospects of a bumper harvest after two years of drought. Prices of all farm commodities are likely to fall noticeably...
More »Roofless in Delhi: Life by the Milliliter -Ananya Bhardwaj & Prawesh Lama
-Hindustan Times At least 9 homeless deaths are reported across Delhi every day. Most die of drug addiction. They die, unidentified across Delhi every year, and the numbers mount. In 2005, the number of unidentified bodies in Delhi was 2,202. In 2015, this figure rose to 3,285. In areas surrounding Kashmeri Gate, Old Delhi and Yamuna Bazar -- areas with most homeless -- the Delhi Police find at least five unidentified bodies every...
More »Food prices may cool on kharif sowing; RATe cut unlikely
-PTI The rise in wholesale prices may provide partial relief to manufacturers and producers, although it brings bad news for household budgets of consumers. Experts and industry said kharif sowing trends indicate cooling of food inflation in the coming months, even as chances of a RATe cut in the near-term are low, given the rise in WPI and retail inflation. Wholesale inflation soared to a 23-month high of 3.55 per cent in July...
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