-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...
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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 »'Drought, debt driving farmers out of their homes'
-Deccan Herald New delhi: A large number of farmers in drought-affected states are debt-ridden and many are migrating from their villages, according to a survey by an NGO. According to ‘Lessons from Desolation: A Citizen’s Report on Impact of Drought and Learnings for Future,’ prepared by Action Aid, 40-65 % of the farmers in the drought affected states are indebted while 20 % have migrated to nearby towns and cities in search of...
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 »Monsoon enters weak phase in most parts -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard Meteorologists said the slump could push the cumulative monsoon into the negative zone for the first time New delhi: The southwest monsoon, which has had a stupendous run so far in 2016, has entered a weak phase for the first time since it gathered steam in July over most parts of the country. Eastern, northeastern India and parts of central India have been spared from this lull, which might continue...
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