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| Textiles’ – the word brings up images of beautiful drapes – cotton, silk, chiffon, lace. Whether it is the material draped on the figurine of the lady f... |
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Lead Article
Textiles the word brings up images of beautiful drapes cotton, silk, chiffon, lace. Whether it is the material draped on the figurine of the lady from Mohenjadaro, the stylish drapes of Cleopatra, the ball dance gowns of the Victorian Era or the lovely dresses worn by our own queens and princesse...
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Tapping Sustainable Energy Alternatives
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The second lead article, which is also focus article, is written by Shri N Bhadran Nair. Citing a report of the World Health Organisation, the author has advocated for tapping sustainable energy alternatives
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Financing Renewables in India
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The third article is written by Shri P C Maithani, Adviser, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. He has focussed on renewable energy resources
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Steps to Achieve India’s Solar Potential
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The special article is written by Sumant Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power. He opines that India must also honour its global commitments on curbing greenhouse gas emissions
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Food Security Bill – Would it Wipe out Hunger and Malnutrition?
Kirit S Parikh |
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 The Food Security Bill (FSB) passed by Lok Sabha provides for 5 Kg per person per month of cereals – rice, wheat and coarse grains at RS 3.00, RS, 2.00 and RS 1.00 per kg respectively- to priority households and 35 kg per month to Antyodaya households. The persons covered may be as many as 75 percent of rural and 50 percent of urban population. A number of questions arise concerning - Need
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- Beneficiaries
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- Hunger
- Malnutrition
- Food grains production, cost and financial implications
Also, one wonders if this is the best way to reach the objectives. What was the need for the Food Security Bill (FSB)? Since we have the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), which provides foodgrains, sugar and oil at highly subsidized prices to the poor what is the need for the FSB? The main problem with the TPDS is that it does not effectively reach the poor. The effectiveness of PDS in reaching the poor consumers was first examined by me (Parikh, 1993) based on household level NSS data for the year 1986-87. |
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Do you know? : What is Forensic Auditing |
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Forensic auditing refers to the auditing with the main aim to employ accounting techniques and methods to gather evidence to investigate the crimes on financial front such as theft, fraud etc.
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