The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) relief package, announced on March 27 to alleviate the distress of people most affected by the nationwide lockdown, may help whittle down some of the excess foodgrain stocks.
The current slowdown—GDP growth has dropped in every quarter from January-March 2018 down to July-September 2019 and showing little signs of recovery—is unique by contrast.
In the event of the Muslim vote splitting (Saharanpur) or the Jats not fully backing a Muslim SP candidate (Kairana), it is the so-called non-dominant rural castes that can make the difference between winning and losing.
The number of active domestic LPG connections has, thanks to the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, gone up from 15.33 crore in June 2015 to 24.72 crore in October 2018, with overall household penetration levels, too, rising from
Records as of May 26 — the day Modi made his speech — show that cane dues of UP mills come to Rs 5,795 crore, which is almost eight times the “Rs 700-800 crore” amount mentioned by Modi.
This fall in deposit growth to single digits — last recorded in 1962-63 — has confounded policymakers and economic commentators for at least three reasons.
West Bengal, Assam and Tamil Nadu — states that are currently in assembly elections mode — have registered huge spurt in job numbers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Act (MGNREGA).
In a dispute that could have larger implications for technology licencing agreements involving multinationals, Monsanto has taken nine domestic seed firms to court for non-payment of ‘trait fee’ on use of its proprietary
A ‘strong’ El Nino notwithstanding, fears of the country suffering a second consecutive drought year — something that was a distinct possibility till two weeks ago — appear to have been laid to rest.
Domestic gold prices fell to four-year low levels, dropping below Rs 25,000 per 10 gram mark for the first time since August 2011, amid a global rout in the rates of precious metal.
Till hardly a decade ago, Boduram Yadav knew jau (barley) as mainly something you fed to cows, buffaloes or camels. But now for him, it is more a crop whose grain is malted and used by big brewing firms to make beer.
Chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian counters criticism of the Budget having ‘cut’ welfare schemes and not hiked capital expenditure enough, and how it’s ‘politically imperative to seem to be doing something’ o