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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
The global food crisis is being blamed on the war in Ukraine. Certainly, this war has been a catalyst for the recent spikes in food prices—but seeing that as the only cause is not just simplistic; it risks policy inaction to address some of the other factors, that can be controlled.
A recent NSSO report shows that the recent expansion in education has involved a huge increase in costs for households, creating a situation in which education beyond the secondary level is essentially unaffordable for most working people, and even school education involves high costs.
The Centre’s unjustifiable conservative fiscal stance has continued, worsening the impact of the health emergency and imposing long-term costs on the people.
The problem with the MSP is not that it is of marginal benefit to farmers. The problem lies in the inadequate spread of the procurement apparatus to cover more crops and a larger geographical region, the timing of the procurement operations and in some cases the unremunerative prices offered.
Conventionally, it is private investment that drives capitalism. But in recent times, in the U.S. and China, it is public investment that has been the driving force.
Millions of urban Indian residents are struggling without livelihood opportunities. A national urban employment scheme needs to be put in place immediately.
The rise in India’s forex reserves is no cause for celebration. Rather it points to effects of the economic contraction induced by the pandemic and the new vulnerabilities that the circumstances accompanying the pandemic have generated.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has been touted as a game changer in the effort at resolution of bad debts of Indian banks. However, it has not been able to help banks recover the loans they have given to big corporates, who with impunity have just refused to service those liabilities.
A survey conducted in October 2020 shows widespread hunger across 11 States. In the midst of the devastating second wave, immediate relief is needed.
Preoccupation of the world with Covid pandemic has led to less policy attention to concerns of food security and hunger. This is bad news, because globally, hunger is rising once again.
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