State of Agriculture: Increasing output
While India’s overall economic output shrank in 2020-21, agriculture and allied sector recorded an almost 10% annual growth rate. As a …
Soft options
Decline in mobility post-demonetisation spurred present economic crisis: Pronab Sen
While we hear a slowdown in demand in the urban corporate sector, the problem actually lies in rural India
A Gandhian economist ahead of his time
Kumarappa was a close associate of Gandhiji and a firm believer in the theory the village must be made the focus of economic planning. Aware of …
How India remains poor: ‘It will take 7 generations for India’s poor to reach mean income’
World Economic Forum’s latest report says social inequality negates gains from high economic growth
The new urban dream
Sweden is successfully moving towards self-sustaining cities where long-term ecological gains rank higher than short-term economics.
Need to integrate human ecology and nature
Green Futures -- Agenda for the 21st Century Sara Parkin Publisher: Fount Paperbacks, Harper Collins, London Price: £ 2.99
Power play
In 1999, Spencer Abraham tried to close down the US department of energy. Thanks to George W Bush, he now heads it
Simply Put: The zero emission Indian economy
Healthy news
Debunking K-shaped recovery: Why the SBI’s new report gets it all wrong about India’s economic growth
The research of SBI is not representative of the Indian economy; it also pedals a newly-destined ‘narrative’
Surgical strikes for fetching jobs
Like terrorism, jobless growth continues in India irrespective of who is in power. To tackle it, we need not cross borders
‘Centre using finance commission to promote its flagship programmes’
Centre is urging Finance Commission to finalise tax-devolution formula keeping in mind the national development programme
Sustainable agriculture can be key to reducing youth migration in Africa
Agriculture is Africa’s largest employer and a possible solution to its migration problem
Sprucing up
...production techniques could go a long way in creating a pollution-free milieu as the final aim would be to achieve a no-waste company discipline
Cost of ecological balance
ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMICSAN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE· Edited by Rabindra N Bhattacharya·Oxford· New Delhi·Rs 550
In the red
The Union Budget fails to make any provisions for protecting the environment.
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Global economy to grow slightly in 2016: World Bank
Global economic activity will see 2.9 per cent growth this year as per a report, slightly higher than 2.4 per cent in 2015
OECD’s ‘new’ narrative on economic policy isn’t exactly new
It fails to acknowledge capitalism’s role in locking humanity into a regime of consumption-driven growth, resource extraction and widening …
Nothing to smile about!
Yashwant Sinha pleases the industry by playing a rude joke on the environment
Regional Trade Agreements dividing north-south trade?
Community enterprise unlimited
Pulp fact
Researchers in the US have developed a highly efficient paper recycling process