M.s. Swaminathan calls gm crops a failure, centre’s adviser faults paper

Indian EconomyBy IQRA IASDecember 8, 2018

Source : www.thehindu.com  Date : 2018-12-08 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Economy Topic: Major crops, Cropping patterns in various parts of the country incl. Various Agriculture Revolutions A research paper co-authored by leading agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan, which describes Bt cotton as a ‘failure,’ was criticised by India’s Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA), K .VijayRaghavan as ‘deeply flawed’.…

Make Planning Fashionable Again

Indian EconomyBy IQRA IASDecember 4, 2018

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-04 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Economy Topic: Issues relating to Planning Economic planning is not considered fashionable today. Nevertheless, contemporary economic debates will have much to gain by revisiting the ideas on planning, championed in particular by Jawaharlal Nehru. As is well known, India under Nehru’s leadership inaugurated a strategy for…

What is marshall-lerner condition in economics?

Indian EconomyBy IQRA IASNovember 30, 2018

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-11-30 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Economy Topic: Issues relating to Growth & Development – Foreign capital, Foreign Trade & BoP This refers to the proposition that the devaluation of a country’s currency will lead to an improvement in its balance of trade with the rest of the world only if the…

Govt. To move nearly half of air india’s rs. 55,000-cr. Debt to spv

Indian EconomyBy IQRA IASNovember 30, 2018

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-11-30 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Economy Topic: Issues relating to Growth & Development – Industry & Services Sector R.N. Chaubey The government has decided to transfer more than half of Air India’s nearly Rs. 55,000-crore debt into a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to help the airline cut expenditure on servicing the huge…

Rbi Moves To Ease Liquidity For Non-Banking Finance Firms

Indian EconomyBy IQRA IASNovember 30, 2018

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-11-30 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Economy Topic: Issues relating to Growth & Development – Banking, NPAs and RBI Welcome step: Norms would primarily benefit housing finance companies, says Vibhor Mittal of ICRA.reuters In a move to make more liquidity available to non-banking finance firms, the Reserve Bank of India has relaxed the…