Legally entitled to a full stomach By the time I finish writing almost 180 people would have died of chronic hunger in the country. * 1/3rd of the worldÂ’s hungry live in India. * 836 million Indians survive on less than Rs. 20 (less than half-a-dollar) a day. * Over 20 crore Indians will sleep hungry tonight. * 10 million people die every year of chronic hunger and hunger-related diseases. Only eight percent are the victims of hunger caused by high-profile earthquakes‚ floods
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Name two causes of inflation. Explain how they work. Demand-pull inflation: As the name suggests‚ demand-pull inflation occurs as a result of increasing aggregate demand in the economy. Cost-push inflation: Cost-push inflation occurs as a result of an increase in the costs of production. How can inflation be caused by excess monetary growth? If there is more money in the economy‚ then there will be more spending‚ thus higher aggregate demand. Increases in the money supply result in higher
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High Court (Appellete Side) Kolkata High Court (Appellete Side) Food Corporation Of India vs Central Government Industrial ... on 25 February‚ 2009 Author: Pratap Kumar Ray IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION (APPELLATE SIDE) Present: The Hon’ble Justice Pratap Kumar Ray And The Hon’ble Justice Manik Mohan Sarkar. F.M.A. No. 2345 of 2005 C.A.N. 8685 of 2007 C.A.N. 4726 of 2008 Food Corporation of India Versus Central Government Industrial Tribunal‚ Asansol & Ors
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Food security in India The focus on accelerated foodgrains production on a sustainable basis and free trade in grains would help create massive employment and reduce the incidence of poverty in rural areas. INDIA AT present finds itself in the midst of a paradoxical situation: endemic mass-hunger coexisting with the mounting foodgrain stocks. The foodgrain stocks available with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) stand at an all time high of 62 million tonnes against an annual requirement of
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FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA ISO 9001:2000 CERTIFIED An opportunity to be part of the organization which plays a key role in providing food security to the nation The Food Corporation of India‚ one of the largest Public Sector Undertakings‚ dealing with Foodgrain supply-chain management wishes to recruit Officers for manning Category I posts. Online applications are invited from Indian Nationals who fulfil the prescribed qualifications‚ experience and age etc. for the posts indicated below:- PROJECTED
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February‚ 2013 INFLATION BEHAVIOR: EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH Mohammad Zoynul Abedin1*‚ Fahmida – E – Moula2 and Shahnaz Parvin1* Mohammad Zoynul Abedin1*‚ Fahmida – E – Moula2 and Shahnaz Parvin (2013). Inflation Behavior: Evidence from Bangladesh. Bangladesh Res. Pub. J. 8(1): 07-17. Retrieve from http://www.bdresearchpublications.com/admin/journal/upload/1308102/1308102.pdf Abstract The rise in the inflation rate has prompted two views of the sources of higher inflation in Bangladesh. One
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MPR –Agenda Point No 2 Annexure-A Achievement against the MoU targets 2013-14 for South Zone (upto 31.08.2013). (Zonal Targets are as per Annual Work Plan finalized by Personnel Division‚ FCI Hqrs) MoU Criteria All India Target (Excellent) South Zone Target Achievement Procurement quantity by FCI (including Levy) Wheat-5.30 MMT Wheat- 0 Rice- 7.90 MMT Rice- 5.36 MMT Procurement quantity by others- Non Decentralized Procurement States Wheat-18.90 MMT Wheat- 0 Rice-13
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INFLATION - ITS CAUSES and ITS EFFECTS ON VARIOUS SECTORS ON INDIA - September 2nd‚ 2010 WHAT IS INFLATION Defination: Inflation is defined as the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising and subsequently purchasing power is falling Measures of Inflation Inflation is measured by calculating the percentage rate of change of a price index‚ which is called the inflation rate. Consumer price indices Cost of living indices Producer price indices
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Major Cause of Inequality.“The origin of inflation is often found in the panicky nervousness of unstable governments in politically unstable communities. Given political stability there is no reason why India should not be able to carry out her future plans without generating serious inflationary pressure on the price level.” Keeping 1960-61 as the base year‚ the Fourth five year plan save the price index at an all time high of 331 in September 1974 (with 1961-62-100). This was due to a combination
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drought‚ output and inflation understanding the nature and Causes of food inflation Ramesh Chand The main reason for the current surge in food prices is the supply shock due to the drought in 2009 and the carry-over effect of the low growth of food production in 2008-09. As the frequency of such shocks is expected to rise‚ India needs to have an effective food management strategy to deal with these episodes. It also needs to explore various other options for price stabilisation like maintaining
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