REAL ESTATE SECTOR - STATSGURU

The 12{+t}{+h}Plan has a host of provisions to provide health services at various levels to the elderly whose number would touch 315 million by 2050 - Support for the twilight years

Nandan Cleantec, a small, unknown company from Hyderabad, is gearing up to power global aviation - Planes Can Fly on Plants

New Health apps help doctors decide dosage and create patient profile - Digitizing treatment

Centres being located close to the farmers for their convenience -  Over 1,700 centres to be set up for paddy procurement

Companies that are expected to see the sharpest rise and fall in profits for the quarter ended September 2012 - The top and the bottom ten

iPhones sell out, but cars don’t - Digital-age consumption

Low-key reforms,more than FDI and fuel price hikes,would yield dividends - After the fireworks

It’s too early to assess their effect on real investment and output - Reforms resurgent?

The solar market is far from mature; the government and private players need to make concentrated efforts to nurture it - What’s eclipsing India’s solar sector?

The rupee, on Monday, witnessed its second biggest fall of 79 paise in 2012 to settle at a one-week low of 52.64 - Rupee plunges 79 paise

First Solar Inc, Mahindra Solar One Pvt. Ltd., and Kiran Energy Solar Power Pvt. Ltd., have signed an agreement for the supply of advanced, thin-film solar modules for two solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants to be set up in Rajasthan - Three solar firms sign pact for 50 MW project in Rajasthan

Despite Recent Reforms - Growth will be Low for a Few More Quarters

Delayed transplantation likely to affect crop yield - Recent rains may not help paddy farmers

Electricity Production - Rooftops as energy farms

Given the political Volatility in other parts of the world,India should present itself as a destination for global investors - Don't waste a crisis

Five points on the future of nuclear power in India - Future of nuclear power in India

Dilip Chenoy is a man in a hurry. And on a mission: to reach 150 million - Jobs Make 150 Million Employable

Under the scheme, the beneficiaries are eligible for payment of three-year maintenance costs . TRICOR will extend financial assistance of Rs.20,000 per acre - Horticulture programme to cover 1 lakh tribal families

Don’t just go by price; look at parameters such as dividend payment,debt and other relevant factors - Stick to value, returns will follow

High unemployment rates are not permanent, because workers are not obsolete - Humans are not horses

Internet Governance at Global Level - A More Inclusive Architecture 

We need Financial Regulations to protect consumers while fostering innovation - What is Regulation For?

FALLING STREAK (quintal) - Agri commodities fall on hopes of bumper crop

At 30% less rainfall, state’s kharif sowing drops 9%; pulses sowing worst affected as production may fall 20% - Rain deficit shrinks in Guj, farmers saved by a whisker

The company is expected to reap larger benefits of improved sugar realisations and higher sugarcane crop in UP - Balrampur Chini: Sweeter than peers

Sector-wise allocations - A SNAPSHOT OF PE ACTIVITY & DEALS

Hit by both the furore in the US over outsourcing as well as the slowdown, Indian IT firms are hiring Americans in droves and trying to move up the value chain - How Indian IT defused the US outsourcing bogey

The UPA’s recent policy initiatives have enthused investors, but they won’t settle for anything less than sustainable reforms - Are the markets on a secular bull run?

The political stand-off in Washington makes tax hikes impossible.But there’s a way around it - Fixing America’s fiscal problem

Switching to solar farm pumpsets can ease pollution, subsidy, current account deficit and power shortages - Subsidise Solar, not Diesel

‘Supply-side inflation tends to spill over through its impact on expectations’ - Lesson from the oil shock

Electricity Statistics - STATS GURU

Harvesters will help ryots cut costs - Exhibition on power tools in agriculture a big hit

This year’s monsoon has shown season-long predictions are of little use. Will India’s state meteorologists listen - The monsoon: lessons, and a question

New pricing to affect those with high domestic sales; industry lauds move - Pharma to gulp one-time bitter pill

It is a positive development that many new gated communities in and around several Indian cities are more organised in planning and implementing the sanctioned layout in accordance with the original intent of high quality living - Sustainable green spaces improve quality of urban living

In a further confirmation of the continued sluggishness in the economy, the growth rate of the eight core sector industries decelerated to 2.1 per cent in August from 3.8 per cent in the same month a year ago, mainly owing to contraction in output of crude oil, natural gas, fertilizers and cement - Core sector growth slips

Sterling may get . 1,200-cr valuation; deal could be largest in dairy sector - Global Dairy Majors Join the Race for Sterling Agro

Govt sets a target of 40 million tonnes for the 2012-13 kharif season - Rice procurement estimated to rise 14%

In all, 888 engineering seats added in 2012-13, compared to 342 the previous year, according to AICTE data - Spurt in demand for PG engineering courses

Who doesn’t like simple stories? Wouldn’t it be nice if we could toss out villains and live happily ever after? Unfortunately, this happens only in fairy tales - The Myth of Bt Cotton Collapse

In the season of reforms, a spate of insensitive regulations is threatening the very existence of the non-profit sector - It’s ‘reining’ restrictions for NGOs

Earlier, politicians thought voters demanded a ceiling on inflation.Now, people want a floor on growth - Politics: The changing assumptions

In the past few months, Cipla has changed its strategy in a number of areas — from region, to product to human resources — to prevent a future meltdown from eroding margins - Cipla goes through a quiet revolution

Reserve Bank of India Survey - 4 YEARS AT THE HELM

The Naukri Job Speak index for August shows a dip in hiring levels quelling the optimistic hiring forecast at the beginning of the year - Continued slowdown in hiring activity

Flash floods and landslips that have followed unusually sustained rainfall since September 17 have left a deadly trail in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh - Better planning for floods

The waste of daylight hours strengthens the case for a separate time zone ahead of IST for the eastern States - Not in their comfort zone

The threat of environmental damage by coal-fired plants has triggered protests similar to those against the Kudankulam project - Heat is on for thermal power too

Agriculture : A poor monsoon this year has put the spotlight back on agriculture. But, this time around, with no pick-up in exports and services, which usually offset the adverse effects of an inadequate farm output, it has become imperative for policy-makers to give agriculture a much-needed boost - Agriculture’s Back in Focus as Growth Slips

Economy : The government’s decision to take a few hard steps will go a long way in changing the perception among investors, says Raghuram Rajan. In an interview with ET Now’s Supriya Shrinate, the chief economic advisor says he’s hopeful of some upward momentum in the coming days -I don’t Think We Are Anywhere Near ’91 Crisis

Stay Clear of schemes that sound too good to be true....companies that offer fabulous returns could disappear with your money as they can't sustain their business model - Greed could lead

We need retail reform as India's Farmers must be connected to its rising cities - Rural Welfare not Walmart

Instead of boosting growth, policy should focus on addressing the current account and budget deficits - Separating India’s twin deficits

The economic policy measures - STATSGURU

Science & Technology : Primary care should cover the growing tribe of non-communicable diseases: diabetes, cancer and heart disorders - Broad-Base Primary Healthcare

Arctic sea ice sets a new low and the Northern Hemisphere is feeling the heat - THE BIG MELTDOWN

INDIAN PERSPECTIVE - WEATHERING THE STORM

The Ministry of Agriculture has estimated India’s total foodgrain production this kharif season would fall 10 per cent to 117.19 million tonnes - Agricultural futures fall on hopes of good kharif production

Economy : The SME sector is a vibrant part of the economy, accounting for 40% of manufacturing and generating jobs on a scale second only to agriculture - LEVERAGING THE STRENGTHS WE HAVE

Ban import of agriculture produce: Toddy Movement - Use ethanol instead of petrol

Science & Technology : The much needed big push towards low-cost, highly-efficient, cutting-edge renewable energy technologies was lacking till recently - Sayonara nuclear power

It is government p olicy that has led to the socialisation of risk and privatisation of benefit - The West’s banking crisis – I

Aggressive Chemotherapy and invasive surgeries may beat cancer,but brings host of problems for patients - The Pain of Cancer

Instead of spending time on polemics over policy, India should make infrastructure projects top priority - Picking up the slack

Extending India's Growth momentum required institutional reforms that did not take place.Now growth constraints have resurfaced - A Wasted Sweet Spot

Fat margins, increased volumes — this cigarette maker can’t do anything wrong even as the world, and India, tighten the noose around cigarette makers and smokers - Despite a war against cigarettes, ITC is sizzling

Agriculture: In the last five years the group has supplied 60 tonnes of paddy seeds - Organic SRI motivates seed production by small farmers

Socio - Economy : One of three nations still registering indigenous transmission of wild poliovirus, Pakistan is eager to learn from India’s success in eradicating the disease - Cross-border lessons in saving lives

Research has proven that lack of praise and recognition is the main reason for employees leaving an organisation - Recognise employees’ achievements to improve engagement

In the noise over the irregularities in allocation of natural resources, the huge environmental and related costs of exploiting these have been forgotten - Costs that Coalgate brushes around

Economy : Growth has resulted in some decline in poverty, but the condition of those at the lower levels remains pathetic - Slums dwarf skyscrapers

Economy Statistics - STATSGURU

Transplantation remains an involved procedure with the country lacking in organs as well as awareness - The Wait for the Donors Organs

The euro should steadily depreciate, and Europeans should tighten their belts - Solving the euro zone’s problems

Economy : The stock market and large sections of the media have reacted with predictable euphoria to last week’s bold economic announcements, hoping that the latest reform measures will revive the ‘animal spirits’ of entrepreneurs and reverse the slowdown in growth - Irrational exuberance

Those who are given rights by the government to exploit nature’s bounty must share a part of their profits with the people of the country - Eight simple steps to fair resource allocation

A Radical new method disposes of garbage, without the harmful byproducts of incineration,to provide electricity - An unlikely source of energy

Higher-than-average rainfall during the past three weeks would help boost yields of summer-planted crops, which were hit by weak rains at the beginning of the monsoon season - MONSOON REVIVAL AIDS RECOVERY OF CROPS

Economy : Nellore district once used to be at the top as far as the population of livestock and poultry are concerned, but now, the numbers have fallen, following the growth of aquaculture - Livestock population in Nellore falls to 43.6 lakh

A New breed of Robotics aims to help people Walk again - Robotic Legs

A new study says pacemakers removed during autopsies may have enough battery life to be donated and used again - Can Pacemakers Be Used Twice?

Economy : The WPI (wholesale price index)-based headline inflation has crept up to 7.55 per cent in August from 6.87 per cent in July owing to rising prices of food items as well as manufactured goods - Inflation creeps up in August

Cashless transactions save money and are easy to monitor. RBI and govt must help them reach critical mass - A cashless India

Jumps 2%, further upside seen in near term - Rupee, day’s best Asian performer

Economy : Policy must combat high inflation, falling savings and the erosion of investments - Two Moral Dilemmas

Our Biggest Economic Challenge is:to talk ourselves out of the lies fed by government - The price of half-Truth

The Indian economy is stumbling towards a major crisis, but who cares? - Macro signals flashing red

Economy : Prime objective of this programme is to ensure food security - Coming together to help single women, landless women, widows

Socio Economy : A Planning Commission draft document has made proposals that fail to reflect the case for expanding and improving public-funded medical services and reining in private operators - Setting up Universal Health Care Pvt. Ltd.

Economy : The draft law on acquisition strikes a balance between development and justice for those who will be displaced in the process - Bill for land gives true value

Economy : Conventional economics cannot explain deep structural problems, we need a new theory - You Economists Don’t Know Nothing

In this article, we shall look at why we need more women at the highest levels, what it takes for women to succeed at those levels and how organisations can actively encourage their greater participation in key leadership roles - Reaching the top

Workplaces involve teamwork – that is, teams share the given work, make due contributions and complete the job successfully - Women and sharing work

With the advent of social media sites such as Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter, recruitment procedures have been dramatically transformed - Recruiting through social media

Economy : The budget has targeted [fiscal deficit at] 5.1 per cent [of the GDP] - Slew of steps underway to contain fiscal gap

Economy : With the economy in a freefall — intensifying recession, financial meltdown, currency devaluation, deepening European debt crisis and shaky business environment — the future looks extremely complex - Turn crisis and uncertainty into opportunity

ICAR Director-General says India needs to produce up to 2 million tonnes of rice to feed the teeming millions - Hybrid rice to be grown in 5 million hectares: Ayyappan

Dealing with India’s late spurt on the industrial scene and the associated process of democratising of entrepreneurship, the book by Sumit K. Majumdar, Professor of Technology Strategy in the School of Management, University of Texas, arrives at an opportune moment - Catching up with the developed world