-The Telegraph The finance minister's relief package, like some other interventions, is a case of smoke and mirrors India has jumped in with a Rs 1.7 trillion package of fiscal measure to provide relief to the poor and other vulnerable sections of its population stricken by the impact of the coronavirus crisis. The finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, unveiled the package with some flourish. But when experts pored over the measures, it became...
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Orissa sees potential in ‘nutrition education on wheel’ model -Narayani Rajashree Kanungo
-OutlookIndia.com Odisha Millets Mission (OMM) is negotiating with women collectives of the state to replicate mobile teaching kitchen model to impart nutrition education. The response is encouraging… The problem of malnutrition in Odisha is complex, and therefore, requires a multidimensional approach. Various central and state-run schemes are striving to address nutrition issues among sizeable vulnerable population. Odisha Millets Mission (OMM), a government of Odisha intervention, is striving to do this by linking...
More »A brief exercise in not taking the Economic Survey 2020 seriously -S Subramanian
-TheWire.in This survey was about wealth and entrepreneurship and free markets and privatisation, not about poverty or inequality or public employment schemes. This is a quick summary review of the latest Economic Survey (2019-20). I have to admit that this quickly-written assessment is a product of an equally quickly-read Survey. If I have not quite pored over it, it is because I found no evidence in the Survey to suggest that it...
More »Budgetary allocations to agricultural and rural sector is meagre, alleges ASHA
-Press release by Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) dated 1st February, 2020 New Delhi, February 1st 2020: A thorough analysis of the Budget shows that even though the Budget speech spoke much about Agriculture and Rural sector and a 16-point program, the allocations for the Rural Economy were in fact slashed in this Budget compared to previous year. The Budget allocation for Agriculture, Allied sectors and Irrigation in 2020-21...
More »Farmers' group not impressed with Union Budget 2020-21
-Press released by All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) dated 1st February, 2020 Delhi, February 1st 2020: Budget fails to increase rural demand and purchasing power which would have boosted the economy - instead, the Budget only boosts the profits of big corporates and MNCs, said AIKSCC. When the crying need in India’s economy is to increase the demand and purchasing power in rural areas, and hence rural incomes, the...
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