08 March 2021
Indian schoolchildren waiting in line for their mid-day meal at a government primary school in the outskirts of Hyderabad, in June 2011. Districts across Maharashtra report alarming rates of childhood malnutrition that continues unabated regardless of the country’s purported economic successes. NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Image
Indian schoolchildren waiting in line for their mid-day meal at a government primary school in the outskirts of Hyderabad, in June 2011. Districts across Maharashtra report alarming rates of childhood malnutrition that continues unabated regardless of the country’s purported economic successes. NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Image
In 2005, Maharashtra’s Palghar district became the face of chronic child malnutrition in India as reports emerged of the death of 718 children due to malnutrition. Palghar, a predominantly tribal region, with a 37 percent Adivasi population, is only 114 kilometres away from Mumbai, the capital of Maha
The finance ministry on Friday flagged global and domestic inflation as a “downside risk” to India s growth momentum. “While global and domestic inflation pose some downside risks in the near term, continued policy support to bolster private investment and discretionary consumption, the key levers of India’s growth story, continues to be an absolute policy priority of the government,” said the ministry’s monthly economic review report for February. The focus of the report was on the rising international oil prices hurting economic recovery and demand. “While intensification of fuel prices and broad-based domestic cost pass-through pressures is a downside risk, core inflation is expected to strengthen further as demand recovers to pre-Covid levels,” it said.
Of the 1,739 such projects, 448 reported cost overruns and 539 were delayed, according to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation s latest report
As many as 448 central sector infrastructure projects have reported a cost overrun of over Rs 4.02 lakh crore as of February 21, 2021. The monthly Flash Report by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation said that 539 projects are running behind schedule. Total original cost of implementation of the 1,739 projects was Rs 22,18,210.29 crore and their anticipated completion cost is likely to be Rs 26,20,618.44 crore, which reflects overall cost overruns of Rs 4,02,408.15 crore (18.14 per cent of original cost), it said. The expenditure incurred on these projects till January 2021 is over Rs 12.29 lakh crore, which is 46.92 per cent of the anticipated cost of the projects.
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The agriculture sector’s performance has not been commensurate with the increasing subsidised credit it receives
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The agriculture sector’s performance has not been commensurate with the increasing subsidised credit it receives
Farmers on the warpath would mean that agriculture reforms have again occupied centrestage not just in the minds of the politicians but also policymakers. To enable small farmers to diversify their crops or improve their income they must have access to credit at reasonable rates of interest. This has been an agenda of the triad of the Centre, the States and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for decades. Unfortunately, while the volume of credit has improved over the decades, its quality and impact on agriculture has only deteriorated. Agricultural credit has become less efficient in delivering agricultural growth. Otherwise, why should over 85% of farmers’ income remain stagnant over the years? An