Webinar; Re-Imagining The Future Peoples’ Agenda for a Post Covid Economy
Topic: Blue Revolution meets Green Revolution; Modernising Food Production: Response by Women in Resistance
Date: July 28, 2020
Time: 11- 1 pm
Speakers:
-Magline Philomena Yohanan- Theeradhesha Vanitha Veedhi
-Jagmati Sa...
There has been a steady decrease in the number of farmers in
the state who are covered under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yoja or the crop
insurance scheme.
According to the agri census held in 2015-16, the number of farmers in Gujarat was 53 lakh. The number of farmers who have been covered un...
Compiled by: Thomas Franco
Text: Priya Dharshini
Source: Basic Statistical Returns of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) in India, Reserve Bank of India
July 19, marked the 51st anniversary of bank nationalisation. This day has been celebrated by bank unions across the country ...
Almost all financial newspapers have informed that 3-5 banks and 3 general insurance companies are going to be privatized. They have indicated that Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, UCO Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank and Bank of Maharashtra are being considered for privatisation. We will be left wit...
Nationalisation
of the banks which had deposits above Rs.50 Crores, covering almost 85% of the
total deposits on 19th July 1969 was historic, dramatic and welcomed
by majority of the people. Some described it a sin, Jan Sangh, the earlier
Avatar of BJP opposed it. Some went to court but the banking...
19th July 1969, the then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi
Nationalised 14 major private sector banks. Thus banking reached to the rural
areas, backward regions. Banks started lending to the agriculture which enabled
green revolution to become reality and thereby India became self reliant...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released two updates in the month of June – first was the World Economic Outlook, titled A Crisis Like No Other, An Uncertain Recovery and another was the Financial Stability Report.
These reports and updates are some
of the most watched reports by e...
The news article on the report “Flop Scheme; An analysis of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in Gujarat“, published in Mana Telangana on 14th July, 2020 can be accessed here.
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