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India’s 121 million agricultural holdings are with 99 million small/marginal farmers, with a landshare of just 44 per cent and a farmer population share of 87 per cent. Representational image

Maths of debt relief

The new UP government’s move to waive loans for needy farmers is welcome.

13 Apr 2017 12:12 AM

A view of the Kingfisher House which was up for e-auction by SBICAPS Trustee to recover the debt on the loan defaulter Vijay Mallya, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

India’s bad loans conundrum

There are 5,275 other ‘willful defaulters’ who owe Rs 56,521 crore to Indian banks.

24 Mar 2016 2:09 AM

A man crosses an empty street, closed to traffic at the Place de la Concorde in Paris during the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference (Photo: AP)

Ensuring climate justice

India is the third-largest greenhouse gas emitter, accounting for 5.7 per cent of total emissions

03 Dec 2015 2:04 PM

Dying to be free

Farmers now need more courage to live than to kill themselves

16 Sep 2015 3:25 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking after the signing of the framework Naga Accord. NSCN(IM) leader Th. Muivah (left), NSA Ajit Doval and peace talks interlocutor RN Ravi can be seen on the dais (Photo: PTI)

Time to open the eastern gates

The Northeast can become part of a Brahmaputra-Yangtze-Mekong economy

19 Aug 2015 10:05 AM

Pursuing zero hunger

Resolving hunger is not a complex issue, last 50 years have seen a slew of international action

30 Jun 2015 1:16 PM

Reserve Bank of India (Photo: DC archives)

Small can be big

A framework should be developed to utilise the MSME Development Fund

27 May 2015 12:10 PM

Oped: Learning disability

India’s university system has failed & the result of this malfeasance is generational drift

29 Apr 2015 1:20 PM

India in deep waters

Water costs practically nothing in India

28 Oct 2014 7:34 AM

Gateway of India. Picture for representational purpose (Photo: DC archives)

Smart cities for a smart India

08 Aug 2014 9:21 AM

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, right, and her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, leave for a meeting after a photo session in New Delhi (Photo: AP)

A new Silk Route

India and China will not be ‘bhai-bhai’ anytime soon. We will not be allies

26 Jun 2014 9:32 AM

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