Fertiliser, one nation one fertilizer policy. gm crops

GM crops: India must embrace future, but after allaying fears

GM crops are often seedless which could make the already-indebted farmers dependent on profiteering corporates. Read more »
India's sustainability quest

UN report seeks doubling of fund flows for climate change mitigation by 2025

Without sufficient finance, the world will fail to achieve its climate change mitigation, biodiversity and land degradation neutrality targets, says a UNEP report. Read more »
gold demand in india, gold smuggling

Govt must choose between gold smuggling and imports

The industry says rollback of import duty hike may bring down gold smuggling, but the proposal may not find takers in the finance ministry which would like to keep imports low to... Read more »
RBI hikes repo rate

RBI raises repo rate by 35 bps, may have another hike before pressing pause button

After announcing the repo rate hike, the RBI governor hints that the war on inflation is far from over with core inflation remains sticky and food inflation stays exposed to global factors. Read more »
Digital India Act

Big brother watching: Proposed Digital India Act will cut both ways on privacy matters

The proposed Digital India Act can model itself on European Union’s Digital Services Act which requires the governments’ takedown orders to be proportionate, reasoned and can be challenged. Read more »
global economy facing recession

RBI MPC meet: Market braces for a moderate interest rate hike

The RBI panel is unlikely to go in for another aggressive interest rate hike that could hurt growth at a time when the global economy is staring at a recession. Read more »
Budget 2023, subsidies

ESIC to park surplus funds in stock market via ETFs

The ESIC will invest 5% of its surplus funds in stocks in the beginning and will increase to 15%, based on the review of the investment after two quarters. Read more »
green hydrogen strategy for Indiasupply mismatch

Green hydrogen opportunity may fizzle out without policy support

Much of the noise about green hydrogen comes from wishful thinking as the world is nowhere near producing enough green hydrogen to meet the rising energy demand. Read more »
rupee

Higher remittances to India bring cheer, but looming recession threatens disruption

There is a visible shift in the remittances pattern – while the Gulf countries remain a major source, the inflow from high-income countries in the West such as the US, UK, Japan,... Read more »
edtech in higher education

Higher education: EdTech sector key to bridging demand gap

India will not be able to deliver quality higher education to the large number of people who need it without leveraging technology, says Pramath Raj Sinha. Read more »