‘POLICIES BIASED AGAINST RAINFED AGRICULTURE’

Indian Economy

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-02-18 ‘POLICIES BIASED AGAINST RAINFED AGRICULTURE’ Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Major Crops, Cropping Patterns and various Agricultural Revolutions A new rainfed agriculture atlas released this week documents the policy biases that are making farming unviable. Three out of five farmers in India grow their crops using rainwater, instead…

WHAT IS BEVERIDGE CURVE IN ECONOMICS?

Indian Economy

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-31 WHAT IS BEVERIDGE CURVE IN ECONOMICS? Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues Related to Poverty, Inclusion, Employment & Sustainable Development This refers to a graphical representation that shows the relationship between the unemployment rate (on the horizontal axis) and the job vacancy rate (on the vertical axis) in…

THE CASE FOR MINIMUM BASIC INCOME

Indian Economy

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-31 THE CASE FOR MINIMUM BASIC INCOME Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues Related to Poverty, Inclusion, Employment & Sustainable Development The Modi government will present its last Budget tomorrow. Conventionally, the Budget presented in an election year is a vote on account, aimed at providing funds for the…

NEXT STEP TO CLEAN FUEL

Indian Economy, Science & Technology

Source : www.indianexpress.com Date : 2019-01-29 NEXT STEP TO CLEAN FUEL Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Infrastructure: Energy incl. Renewable & Non-renewable Purnamita Dasgupta is with the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. Katharina Michaelowa is at University of Zurich. Recently, there has been a considerable reduction in the prices of non-subsidised LPG cylinders. Unless…

NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES TOP KILLERS IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA: WHO

Developmental Issues | Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues, Health, Indian Economy, SANITATION, Science & Technology

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-29 NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES TOP KILLERS IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA: WHO Relevant for: Developmental Issues | Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) — mainly cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and cancer — continue to be the top killers in the South-East Asia Region, claiming 8.5 million lives…