-ThePrint.in MSP for moong became ceiling price as private traders were unwilling to offer more, claim growers. Another factor was low procurement of produce at MSP by Punjab government. Jagraon/Ludhiana: Encouraged by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s promise to procure pulses at Minimum Support Price (MSP), the area under moong cultivation in Punjab nearly doubled this summer as farmers eyed extra INCome. The commitment, which coINCided with an early harvest of wheat...
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India among countries responsible for global INCrease in carbon emissions in 2022, says study
-Scroll.in Carbon emissions in India INCreased by 7.5% from January to May 2022 as compared to the same period last year, the study said. India was among the countries that led the global INCrease in carbon dioxide emissions in the first five months of 2022, according to a multi-agency report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization released on Tuesday. Carbon emissions in India INCreased by 7.5% from January to May 2022 as compared...
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It is hard for the media to ignore the findings of global Human Development Report (HDR) whenever a newer and updated version is released. Every time when the HDR is published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), media persons and commentators tend to compare the performance of their respective countries with that of performance in previous years as also with respect to the relative performance of other nations. One of...
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-The Telegraph The economy remains vulnerable to headwinds The shortfall in economic growth in the April-June quarter against rosier predictions of most, INCluding the central bank, came as a surprise.Few anticipated the gap between expected and actual performance would be as much (2.5-3 percentage points). It has prompted a tide of downward revisions for the whole year; these follow a previous round, two months ago, due to inflation, higher interest rates, and...
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-ANI/ThePrint.in Yavatmal (Maharashtra): Around 60 farmers have died by suicide in the last 43 days in the Yavatmal area of Maharashtra failing to repay the debt following the torrential rains. District collector, Amol Yedge assured that the government is taking steps to reduce the number of suicide INCidents in the state. According to the official, 205 such cases have been reported in the state this year. Speaking to ANI, Yedge said, “48 farmer suicides...
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