Sustainable, clean energy
Climate change is destabilising the planet. Governmental incentives on renewable, clean energy are positive steps to combat climate change impacts. With depleting fossil fuel resources and costly imports, renewable energy seems the most logical policy. But unrevised incentive policies associated with renewable energy, the demand for more cost-effective technologies and high dependence on thermal power […]
Rural Employment Falls: CMIE
India’s labour market remains under stress, primarily because of a fall in the employment rate in rural India and continued low employment rate in urban India, the Centre for Monitoring In dian Economy said. The falling employment rate in rural India and the continued low employment rate in urban India are the weaknesses in India’s […]
ಕೋವಿಡ್‌ಗೆ ಅಗ್ಗದ ಕಿಟ್ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ
ಕೋವಿಡ್ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಯನ್ನು ಜನರಿಗೆ ಎಟಕುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಲು ಭಾರತೀಯ ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ ಸಂಶೋಧನಾ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಐಐಟಿ-ಖರಗಪುರದ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಬೆಲೆಯ ಕಿಟ್ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಪಡಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕೋವಿರಾಪ್ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರಿನ ಈ ಕಿಟ್, ಆರ್‌ಟಿ-ಪಿಸಿಆರ್ ತಪಾಸಣೆಯಷ್ಟೇ ನಿಖರ ಫಲಿತಾಂಶ ನೀಡಲಿದ್ದು, ಶೀಘ್ರವೇ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಗೆ ಬರುವ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷೆಇದೆ. ಕಿಟ್ ಬೆಲೆ ೧೦ ಸಾವಿರ ರೂ. ಇದ್ದು, ಬಳಸಲು ಪ್ರಯೋಗಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು ಪರಿಣತ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಬೇಕಿಲ್ಲ. ಆರ್‌ಟಿ-ಪಿಸಿಆರ್‌ನಂತೆ ಗಂಟಲ ದ್ರವದ ಮಾದರಿ ಬಳಸಿಕೊಂಡೇ ಈ ಕಿಟ್ ತಪಾಸಣೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಕಿಟ್‌ನ್ನು ಸಣ್ಣ ಟೇಬಲ್ […]
ಕೋವಿಡ್ ಇದ್ದರೂ ಉದ್ಯೋಗ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿ
ಕೋವಿಡ್ ನಿಂದ ದೇಶದ ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ನಿರುದ್ಯೋಗ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ, ದೇಶದ ಇತರ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೋಲಿಸಿದರೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟವು ವೇಗವಾಗಿ ನಿರುದ್ಯೋಗದ ಹಿಡಿತದಿಂದ ಹೊರಬರುತ್ತಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಸೆಂಟರ್ ಫಾರ್ ಮಾನಿಟರಿಂಗ್ ಇಂಡಿಯನ್ ಎಕಾನಮಿ(ಸಿಎಂಐಇ) ತಿಳಿಸಿದೆ. ದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಅನ್‌ಲಾಕ್ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆ ಆರಂಭವಾದ ನಂತರ ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರುದ್ಯೋಗ ಪ್ರಮಾಣವು ಶೇ.೦.೫ಕ್ಕೆ ಇಳಿಕೆಯಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಅದು ಶೇ. ೨.೪ರಷ್ಟಿತ್ತು. ಆದರೆ, ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರುದ್ಯೋಗ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ ಶೇ. ೪.೫೫, ಗುಜರಾತ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಶೇ. ೩.೪ ಹಾಗೂ ತಮಿಳುನಾಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಶೇ. ೫ ಇತ್ತು. ರಾಷ್ಟç ಮಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿನ ನಿರುದ್ಯೋಗ […]
Negative returns: Panel pulls up EPFO
The Parliamentary standing committee on labour has questioned the rationale behind inevesting in equity market by EPFO. Why the retirement fund body continued to invest in equity market, even when the market was falling in March-April. “Who took the call in this regard? Who was responsible for the decision? Give the details to us in […]
Indian economy set for a near double-digit contraction
The Indian economy will suffer its deepest contraction on record this fiscal year and recent government stimulus does not go far enough to significantly boost activity depressed by the coronavirus pandemic, according to economists polled by Reuters. With over 7.6 million coronavirus infections, India is the second worst hit country in the world after the […]
Govt open to further stimulus to lift economy
The government is open to further stimulus measures to boost the coronavirus hit economy, Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj said on Wednesday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced a slew of measures to spur demand and ramp up capital expenditure earlier this month. This was the third stimulus package since the outbreak of the Covid-19 […]
Air pollution: India has the highest annual average exposure to PM2.5, finds global study
India leads the list of countries with the highest annual average exposures to PM 2.5- fine particulate matter hazardous to health- and the third highest average ozone exposures in the world, with a 17% increase in the last decade. Hugely worrying health impact data follows with the report estimating that Air Pollution Contributes to more […]
Quality public investment a challenge
Despite admitting that 2020 is to witness the worst recessionary conditions in the world economy, it came as a pleasant surprise to find that the global GDP for the current fiscal year has been estimated by IMF at (-) 4.4% – 0.8% more as compared to the projected level of GDP four months ago. To […]