The nutritional status of India is a critical issue and expanded crop protection is the need of the hour for assured food and nutritional security - Increased production for an increasing population

The economy is entering another down leg. The bountiful monsoon may save us to an extent, but things are getting worse in terms of industrial production and private sector capital expenditure - India’s darkest hour

Official figures revealed that the proportion of people living below poverty line came down from 37.2 per cent in 2004- 05 to 21.9 per cent in 2011- 12, a decline of 15.3 percentage. This may belie criticism that growth is not percolating -Percentage of population below poverty line