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RBI rolls out ‘digital banking’-themed Financial Literacy Week 2022
The Reserve Bank of India RBI has rolled out the Financial Literacy Week (FLW) 2022...
Reduction in MNREGA budget perplexing; capex not focused on jobs: India Ratings
In the Union Budget for the financial year 2022-23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...
CACP bats for sustainability of Indian sugar sector
The CACP is mulling over measures for the urgent diversification and sustainability...
Cargill survey finds more consumers weighing sustainability claims on packaged-food choices
Sustainability considerations now influence the majority of the world’s grocery...
Ethanol gets booster with Two Rupees excise levy on unblended petrol
The domestic ethanol industry has received a booster shot with the Union Budget...
IIT Kanpur logs 100 per cent placement of MBA batch
The premier IIT Kanpur has clocked 100 per cent placement of its outgoing 2020-22...
Status quo in agriculture budget; hope from natural farming in Amrit Kaal
Despite the elections to the five State Assemblies being so close, the Budget has...
Union Budget 2022-23: What heads and experts say
Experts and heads of agriculture companies and start-ups have by and large welcomed...
Farmers’ organizations disappointed with the Budget
Like every Union Budget, the 2022-23 edition has pleased some and disappointed others....
6.4 per cent fiscal deficit for FY23, says FM Sitharaman in her Budget speech
Gati Shakti Master Plan, raising capital expenditure, and issuing digital rupee...
Economic Survey: Need to focus on crop diversification; Rs 85,000 crore fertilizer subsidy in nine months
Agriculture and allied sectors grew at a positive growth rate of 3.6 per cent during...
BKU rejects FSSAI’s proposed draft GMO regulations
In a letter to the FSSAI, the Bharatiya Kisan Union has expressed its “serious objections”...
Unpaid dues to cane farmers in UP Rs 7,000 crore for current season; another Rs 1,500 crore remains from previous one
Sugar mills bought 465.25 lt of cane from the farmers in the crushing season 2021-22...
Budget expectations: Increased use of technology, export-promoting measures and reduced crop insurance premiums
Experts have recommended measures like promoting FPOs and reducing crop insurance...
Food and fertilizer subsidies may cross Rs 5 lakh crore this year; cut in Budget likely
When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Budget in Parliament on Feb...
Food inflation a major challenge; need to focus on addressing it: RBI
A paper released by the RBI says that food inflation and volatility in prices still...
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