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Topic: surplus

Push for nutri-cereals, export boost — the NITI Aayog tips to tackle foodgrain surplus

Samyak Pandey -
NITI Aayog has called for at least a 20-25% increase in export of foodgrain production in the coming years & enumerated multiple benefits of crop diversification.

RBI to transfer Rs 57,128 crore surplus, but govt’s fiscal woes unlikely to ease

Remya Nair -
RBI’s transfer is slightly less than the Rs 60,000 cr estimated in Budget 2020-21, and is unlikely to plug the hole in revenues due to Covid and the lockdown.

Central banks like RBI tend to ‘build an empire’, sometimes at the cost of public interest

Suyash Rai -
In countries like Chile, Israel and Thailand, central banks run with negative net capital.

RBI Act needs to be amended to remove ambiguity on surplus flows to govt

Ila Patnaik -
The current RBI Act allows the central bank’s board to decide how much it wants to tuck away as contingency or other reserves.

India is producing too much sugar, but the world isn’t ready for so much sweetness

Isis Almeida -
India accounts for the majority of this season’s surplus and excess supplies forecast for next season will also be bigger than previously expected.

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Opinion

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

Stela Dey -
The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

9.2% jump in arms transfer shows this is era of war—SIPRI reveals the temper we live in

Trump either ends Iran conflict quickly, or sky-high energy costs will force him to do so

Economy

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

Chitleen K Sethi -
At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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