India spends lakhs of crores to produce wheat and rice, which then doesn’t get sold. It’s because the food policy has remained pro-cereal since the 1960s.
If done right, IPO can bring transparency & efficiency to LIC, ensure govt doesn’t force it to buy weak PSUs, and improve resource allocation in the economy.
Bringing back the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill could be a very important reform in laying the foundations of a stronger financial system.
RBI’s regulatory measures to allow banks to lend more to some sectors may help revive credit for a quarter or so, but they don’t address fundamental issues.
While the time to do fiscal expansion is when the economy is slowing, there is little point in having a discussion around numbers that people do not believe.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman faces difficult choice in Budget 2020 — to provide stable policy regime or make policy changes to arrest the slowdown.
Finance minister needs to deliver an expansionary budget that can help revive demand, and there are a few things that can help her boost the Indian economy.
To help India become a $5-trillion economy, the National Infrastructure Pipeline has been unveiled. But the big constraint is money willing to be locked up for years.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
Yeah feed meat. The RSS cuckoos DEMAND NGO’s be fired for feeding EGGS with midday meals to the school kids. Non protein diet of RSS dimmed their brains already.
Much of the analysis is good – but citing the “free market” as an independent good is intellectually inadequate. We know that there is no “free market” in food anywhere – so this is a red herring. What matters is finding the right levers to induce change – whether it is through giving incentives to insurance firms to encourage healthy eating, reducing the MSP in a structured way over the next decade (not following the folly of demonetization), offering sops to create a national cold chain, offering slightly higher wages in NREGA to grow vegetables or pulses, and so on. There are a range of policy options that can be taken rather than hoisting needless shibboleths like “markets” into the discussion.
I wonder is the department of agriculture unaware of these basic? Just following the beaten path. Vegetables and fruits are healthier. But, they also need to be sold quickly. A market very close to the farmer’s place of production is essential. Subsidies going to produce more cereals should be invested for efficient storage and transportation fot hese perishable items.
India suffers from Diabetes. 45% of the world patients are from SE Asia. Carbohydrates like white rice and wheat are worst food in India for such a diet. Govt. busy on next election is not interested in these facts.
Yeah feed meat. The RSS cuckoos DEMAND NGO’s be fired for feeding EGGS with midday meals to the school kids. Non protein diet of RSS dimmed their brains already.
Much of the analysis is good – but citing the “free market” as an independent good is intellectually inadequate. We know that there is no “free market” in food anywhere – so this is a red herring. What matters is finding the right levers to induce change – whether it is through giving incentives to insurance firms to encourage healthy eating, reducing the MSP in a structured way over the next decade (not following the folly of demonetization), offering sops to create a national cold chain, offering slightly higher wages in NREGA to grow vegetables or pulses, and so on. There are a range of policy options that can be taken rather than hoisting needless shibboleths like “markets” into the discussion.
I wonder is the department of agriculture unaware of these basic? Just following the beaten path. Vegetables and fruits are healthier. But, they also need to be sold quickly. A market very close to the farmer’s place of production is essential. Subsidies going to produce more cereals should be invested for efficient storage and transportation fot hese perishable items.
India suffers from Diabetes. 45% of the world patients are from SE Asia. Carbohydrates like white rice and wheat are worst food in India for such a diet. Govt. busy on next election is not interested in these facts.