More than 200 years ago, when Thomas Malthus, a British population scientist, wrote that population growth is destined to be checked by natural resource depletion and inevitable human want and misery, he was primarily emphasising on subsistence and food - a topic that hardly features in our discussions around sustainability today.
A discourse that was thereafter mostly buried within academics, especially demographers and economists, found prominence only when The Club of Rome commissioned a study to a team led by Donald and Donella Meadows at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1972. The team at MIT simulated a computerised world model and entered into it data assuming that population, industrial production and pollution would continue to grow exponentially in the future as they have in the past. They predicted that as of 1972, the limit was only a generation away.
FM reviews Aatma Nirbhar Bharat package implementation; here s what numbers say
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued refunds of over Rs 1,45,619 crore to more than 89.29 lakh taxpayers between April 1 and December 8.
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman has reviewed the implementation of three Aatma Nirbhar Bharat packages
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday reviewed the implementation of three Aatma Nirbhar Bharat packages, which were announced this year to help the economy tide over the COVID-19 crisis.
The Finance Minister had announced the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Package 1.0 in a series of press conferences from May 13 to May 17. Subsequently, the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Package 2.0, and 3.0 were announced on October 12, and November 12, 2020, respectively.