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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicSurplus

Topic: surplus

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

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.

India’s current account surplus rises to $19.8 billion in June quarter

The current account surplus stood at $0.6 billion in the March quarter while there was a current account deficit of $15 billion in the year-ago period.

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

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

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

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

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

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.