-The Hindu The PLAnt species is known for its nutritional value Hyderabad: Stylosanthes hamata, a perennial leguminous PLAnt commonly known as Caribbean Stylo, could PLAy a vital role in feeding lakhs of sheep to be distributed among people of certain castes by the Telangana government. The fact, however, that the PLAnts would be grown on thousands of hectares of forest land is inviting criticism from environmental and wildlife activists. While it has been the...

-The Indian Express The Niti Aayog's report, submitted before the United Nations, acknowledges that anti-poverty programmes like the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) helped weaker sections of the society. Vindicating the UPA government’s stand on pulling people out of poverty, India’s Voluntary National Review Report on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals to the United Nations has said that sustained growth of 8.3 per cent from 2004-05 to 2011-12,...

-Hindustan Times First came demonetisation. Then, as banknotes slowly returned to circulation, a crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses in the state wrecked the local market for cattle. In Ilyas Khan’s eyes shine the pride of a grand past that give way to the clouds of an uncertain future. Two decades ago, the Thursday cattle market he runs in western Uttar Pradesh’s Banat saw traders troop in from faraway Delhi and Bihar. Today, the...

-The Hindu Business Line Using just wholesale price index as deflator could distort real GDP. Price indices for all inputs and outputs would work better Prior to the introduction of the all-India Consumer Price Index, popularly known as CPI combined (rural plus urban), the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) was the most useful price index in India. It measured the weekly rhythm of price movement in the country. Since 2009, WPI has been computed...

-Hindustan Times But the Uttar Pradesh government isn’t panicking yet, and believes it can get things under control with tough measures, including encounters. Lucknow: A petrol pump owner looted; a trader murdered; jewellery shops robbed; a political leader killed; a constable shot; four members of a family -- including two girls -- hacked; a police sub-inspector beaten up; caste clashes erupt. Glance through local newspapers of Uttar Pradesh, and the headlines would be...