Tag: Nirmala Sitharaman
Inflation is a pick-pocket, must be arrested soon
Inflation in wholesale mandis , as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) at...
National Monetisation Pipeline: Privatisation of govt-owned assets by another name
Asset monetisation raises three sets of questions. First, are the assets identified...
Sorry, inflation above 10 per cent cannot be brushed aside as ''routine''; it is hurting
Let inflation not be a routine affair; it is a serious issue afflicting the economy....
Milk prices go up by Rs 2 per litre; increasing costs for the dairy and the farmers the main reason
Amul has decided to revise the milk prices by Rs 2 per litre. The prices of all...
Government decides not to increase subsidy under NBS; rollback of increased prices of DAP and other fertilizers difficult
On April 9, the central government issued an an office memorandum keeping the nutrient-based...
Prices of complex fertilizers, including DAP, rise up to 58 per cent; farmers get a jolt
With the rise in prices of raw material in the international market, IFFCO, the...
Fifteenth Finance Commission recommendations on decentralisation are based on accountant approach and not on economist
From a decentralization point of view, fifteenth Finance Commission's recommendations...
Farmers’ movement brings government’s fertilizer subsidy reforms wagon to a halt
When an extra allocation of Rs 65,000 crore rupees for fertilizer subsidy was sanctioned...
Potato farmers wait for TOP formula even as they have to suffer losses for another year
The potato farmers may have to face losses in ways more than one: increasing costs,...
Agriculture gets what it already had; no major scheme or allocation
There were expectations that the Budget would come up with some major provisions...
Need for a Budget with major changes and steps for agriculture
There are strong chances of it being a normal financial year for the country’s economy...
