Cloud technology standardises and pools IT resources and automates many of the maintenance tasks done manually under traditional or client/server model of computing - How governments can benefit from cloud computing

The growth path going forward has to absorb the new entrants into the labour force, estimated at 4.5 million annually in the 12th Plan document - Jobs, jobs, jobs

HOW HAVE commodities fared over the past financial year? Gold, in particular, has been much studied oflate. It has been held responsible for India’s problematic current account deficit - STATSGURU: Commodities give a mixed picture

Experts say infiltration capacity reduces in urban areas - Call to Harvest Rain Water

Indian school children may have the fundamental right to education, but things are going fundamentally wrongacross the country’s schools.The elementary education budget has more than doubled since 2007-08, yet only about 30 percent of Standard-III students can read a Standard-I text. Is this a case of massivespend, without any dividend? - India spends, but education suffers

Growth revival will be more tentative, inflation sharper, and external pressures more acute than pronouncements suggest - Is the worst over?

Farm sector’s share in GSDP down over the past few years - State’s GSDP takes a nosedive

IMR (Infant Mortality Rate) in the State has declined from 66 per 1,000 live births in 2001 to 43 in 2011, according to Socio Economy Survey 2012-13 - Infant mortality declines in State

A slew of policy initiatives may be breathing life back into the infrastructure sector - Policy spring and green shoots

The market expects it to cut rates this week but the macroeconomic situation could suggest otherwise - STATSGURU: Governor Subbarao’s dilemma

The proposal to give mills the freedom to sell any quantity of sugar in the open market might also be discussed - Govt may discuss sugar decontrol tomorrow

Study across districts shows higher prosperity doesn’t necessarily translate into better quality of life; North India low on female security index - More often doesn’t mean better

How the FM squeezed spending to control the fiscal deficit - STATS GURU

With the Budget proposing an additional investment allowance of 15 per cent for assets acquired and installed in the next two years for over Rs100 crore in capital spending, companies are expected to get a total benefit of ~25,000 crore - Budget to help India Inc save rs 25,000 cr in 2 Years

Allocations for schemes remain by and large constant - Health, education could have done with more

Newcriteria lookatper capita income, literacyrate, human developmentindicators - Redefining backwardness of states

BUDGET AT A GLANCE

Food Security FM allocates Rs 10,000 cr to implementthe programme; this is apart from the usual
food subsidyrequirementof Rs 80,000 cr for the year - A bigger helping for food Bill

Interest subvention scheme to include private sector commercial banks - Farmers get credit guarantee backing

Indian economy has made significant strides in the last few years, with the GDP growth rate hovering around 5.3 per cent and showing signs of touching the seven per cent mark soon. - ‘Indian economy cannot ignore manufacturing sector’

Personal disposable income (PDI) in India grew by 15-21 per cent in nominal terms a year between 2008-09 and 2011-12, even as demand increases for raising the income tax (I-T) exemption level in the coming Union Budget. - Data show income growth ahead of inflation

After steps to control high inflation and push growth, the next logical move is to revive private investment - After Fiscal Consolidation

Food Security Scheme Likely to get rs 5000 cr in budget

At 6.62 % in January, it may provide some solace to authorities - WPI inflation eases to 3-year low

There are many ways of looking at the Central Statistical Organisation’s latest GDP forecast which pegs growth at just 5 per cent for the current year (2012-13) - Growing at five per cent

The data do not take into account the reform measures - Growth estimates ‘below expectations’: FinMin

During transmission of power, transformers are used to step up or step down AC voltage. This allows power companies to produce at a low voltage and transmit at a high voltage to reduce loss - Empowering Progress of a Transforming Nation

Hunger afflicts only 2% of all households, while malnutrition stunts 45% of all children below five years - Focus on Malnutrition, Not Hunger

Like the Economic Survey and Budget, the RBI’s Macro Report and Policy Statement are not in sync - RBI’s Policy & Macro Disconnect

Dec 2.6% growth lower than last years 4.9% - Coal,gas drive down core sector output

GDP logged 9.3% in 2010-11, will grow by 5.5-6% this fiscal & jump to 7% in 2013-14 - Govt Revises Down GDP Growth for ’11-12 at 6.2%

Combined with the ultrahigh bypass ration engines, NASA’s design could use only half as much fuel as conventional aircraft - Hybrid wing for reduced fuel consumption

An innovative programme to identify crop diseases developed by IIIT - ‘e-Sagu’ gives taste of IT to farmers

Addition of Power Capacity slowed during April - Dec because of Land aquisition,Short fall of Equipment and Fuel,Latest Govt Data has revealed- Capacity Addition Trips in FY13 Too

An independent regulator, at the central and state level, can ensure fair returns to farmers -A Regulator for Land Acquisition

Diesel subsidy elimination will free up precious funds for social programmes - How good economics can fuel populist politics

New Delhi needs to think strategically about the next generation of Millennium Development Goals - India must get in on the ground floor

A one-hour consultation with an independent industry expert would have informed the Committee that its recommended methodology has no relevance to “determining the basis or formula for the price of domestically produced gas” in India — a task it set out to deliver under its terms of reference - Making a mockery of domestic gas pricing

Stored grains are attacked by several pests. They assume importance as they start their damage in the field itself - Device to remove insect pests from stored grains

The cost of this technology is lesser than that of a standard power sprayer - Water jetting: an eco-friendly pest management technique in mulberry

The proposal, which will be implemented in next financial year, is under consideration of government - Self-employment scheme for minorities

Employee awareness on how they are connected to the transformation is essential to unleash their potential - Redesigning knowledge work

  The last quarter of 2012 reinforced the Indian government’s commitments to reform and growth with a series of big-bang steps - 2013: the Growth of Hope

While the economy slows, businesses can grow by nurturing core consumers and getting new ones - Hunters and Farmers

Apart from demand-supply fundamentals, the prices will be impacted by the monsoon and government policies - Positive outlook for agri commodities in 2013

India's Huge Dependence on fuel imports is what differentiates it from most other emerging market economies - Budget FY14: Comparision with emerging economies

Indian geospatial firms create 3D digital city models that capture minute details — a game-changer for city planning Intelligent Mapping to Give Urban Planning a Big Lift

In urban areas, the distribution and transmission within residential blocks and buildings is carried out mainly through LV & MV cables - DELIVERING MAXIMUM POWER TO THE NATION

The Union government should dispel the States’ fears of centralisation if it wants to rescue the idea from total rejection - Why a national water framework law

This device helps farmers to plant the seedlings at exact locations - New improvised tool for SRI paddy planting method

The phrase grapevine communication is generally associated with gossip, rumours and ill-will among other assorted negative connotations - Grapevine communication

The draft of the 12th Five Year Plan covering the period 2012-13 to 2016-17, approved by the National Development Council last week, aims to achieve an annual average growth rate of 8 per cent, scaled down from 8.2 per cent. - On shaky foundation

Net primary and secondary income flows are smaller - Current account deficit widens to 5.4 % in Q2

An Emerging scientific view of human evolution suggests that we need regular physical activity for our brains to function optimally - Exercise makes the brain Smarter

The economy might still be wobbly. But for Job-Seekers, There are pockets of promise. Sreeradha D Basu picked the minds of the country’s biggest hr names to zero in on 10 job profiles or segments in 2013 -10 Hot Jobs for 2013

Govt outlines a series of measures to boost women’s role in MGNREGS - Rural Jobs to See More Role For Women

This crisis of about the state that positioned itself as a vanguard, then got lost in pathologies - Rage and Helplessness 

Funding is not an issue for viable projects, the point is to speed up clearances and put in place well-defined policies, the absence of which queers the pitch at present - Only Politics Constrains India’s Infrastructure

Some Patients face severe reactions if they consume grapefruit when on medication. Doctors say as many as 43 drugs may be life threatening, some of them fairly common - Forbidden Fruit

Credit inclusion, farm lease and forming clusters can help small farmers overcome poverty much faster - Small is Indeed Productive

India’s return to a growth rate of 8% is unlikely to happen before 2014-15 - Slow Return to 8% Growth

The past few years, from 2008 to 2012, have probably been some of the most volatile for the Indian economy - Recession Revelations: Jobs Down, Salary Up

Drug based on DNA alone might not achieve 'holy grail' as cancer cell with identical genome found to behave differently under chemotherapy - Gene Sequencing may not tell the whole story of cancer cell

Too Many of our economic prescriptions are based on dogma,empirical half truths - Myths of our making

AICTE will deploy Microsoft Office 365 for education at more than 10,000 technical colleges and institutes throughout India - ‘Microsoft Office 365 for education’ deployment at AICTE

Latin America and Kenya have successful cash transfer schemes. We must learn from their experience - Designing Cash Transfers

Given the overwhelming evidence of women being a force behind growth, the U.S.-backed regional women’s entrepreneurship symposium in Dhaka must be used to find solutions to the barriers they face - When women drive economic growth

Applied science has given us short-term solutions to eliminating weeds, BT may have long-term answers - Weeds and Biotechnology

The chances of correct diagnosis and treatment in both rural and urban areas by private and public care providers are dismal - Appalling condition of primary healthcare services

Steel companies have been hit hard by mining issues which have severely hit availability and supply of iron ore a key raw material used to make steel - Steel, Mining Cos and their Woes

In a world that now conquers hearts and minds, a PPP to project our soft skills can yield global dividends Repositioning & Reimaging India

Overall, the growth rate is below our expectations - GDP growth dips to 5.3 % in Q2

Once hurdles are removed, investment in infrastructure will follow capital expenditure in manufacturing - Looking to the Upturn

Total rural income is estimated to reach $1.8 trillion by 2020-21 - Rural India, market of the future

The U.S. special supplement scheme for women, infants and children to prevent undernutrition is a model that India can learn from -Serving up a better alternative for mother and child

While Gujarat’s GDP growth in the last two decades has been notable, it is not reflected in employment, wages, health or education - Poverty amid prosperity

The state government is presently supplying free fertilizers and seeds - SRI system revives popularity of paddy cultivation

The naukri job speak index for October indicates an optimistic trend with the index for October at 1162 which is 3% more than September. This comes as a positive trend after three months of consecutive dip in recruitment levels - Hiring trends cautiously optimistic

Anadhra Pradesh government is concentrating on ensuring retention of farmers in agriculture for making the sector sustainable.State to focus on making farming more viable

Government will bear hospital charges, medicine costs for poor - Universal Health Scheme soon

About 17 tonnes of fresh turmeric was harvested from an acre - A former white collar employee harvests success from turmeric

India is today the world’s largest exporter of many farm products, despite counterproductive tariffs and policy - Hidden Strength: Farm Trade

Projects with a combined capacity of 42,000 MW allotted to pvt cos fail to take off - Hydropower Projects Trip on Funding, Green Woes

India will need to sustain a growth rate of about 8%, for at least the next two decades, to alleviate poverty. This will need energy. We certainly cannot address the current energy situation without factoring in coal and hydrocarbons - Growth and Energy

Executives largely place their bet on research when it comes to long-term planning and strategic decision-making - Executives rely more on analytical study to take strategic decisions

A group of farmers from different villages were selected and given training - Farmers can save and earn more through vermi technology

The process of economic growth has always been characterised by structural changes - In the service of services

Towards a science rooted in public interest - Environmental Governance

The growth rate in industrial production contracted by 0.4 per cent in September following a dismal performance by the manufacturing sector - Industrial output contracts by 0.4 % in September

Opposition to GM crops is still strong, but it does not prevent scientists from pushing the technology ahead - GENETICS FOR DAILY LIFE

We’ll Push Reforms to Power Growth, Govt Tells India Inc - Back on High Growth?

Much of the basis for trade liberalisation rests on what is often called the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson (HOS) model which says that trade would not only equalise wage rates between countries but also reduce wage inequality within a country - Trade, Inequality and Poverty

As weather patterns get more unpredictable, nations must start budgeting for natural disasters - Budgeting for Climate Change

A market-determined price is the best option but the Constitution makes it clear that natural resources are a national asset - Has gas pricing policy been mishandled?

The environmental impact of radiation at Chernobyl continues to interest many researchers - Soybean plants at Chernobyl produce fertile seeds

As they do not spell increased crop production, new long-term scientific research on health impacts should involve extensive trials -GM crops should go back to the lab

Striking the right combination is what enables the organisations to grow and remain competitive - Executives rely on analytical studies for strategic decisions

Communicating well is an important leadership skill. While this is neither simple nor easy, with practice and conscious effort, you can excel in this skill - Communicating as a leader

Tankha puts the importance of the SHG movement in India in context when he says,with the support from NABARD data Self Help Group(SHG) bank linkage programme effort has shown lead in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu - A little help from others

More liberalisation and policy reforms will propel the country into a higher growth trajectory and also help eradicate poverty - India has Potential to Grow at 10%