Economy : Cutting input subsidies in agriculture, getting incentive structures right and declaring organised retail as a priority sector will boost private and public investment - Switch from Farm Subsidy to Investment

Economy - Robust growth in sales and profits has helped them grow the combined market cap by 92 per cent to ~17 lakh crore during FY08-12 - 8 sectors double shareholders’ wealth in 4 yrs

Increase in Minimum Support Price - High returns on produce push up private investment in farm sector

Kharif and rabi crops to be affected; inflation to hit double digits - Agri commodity futures hot up

Science & Tech : Young Drivers of the Renewable Energy Bandwagon - NATURE POWER

EGoM announces Rs.480 crore package for drought relief in Gujarat - A third of the country facesdrought-like scenario: IMD

Management institutes have to rise to the challenge of teaching how to run service-centered businesses - Back to service school

Economy : When monsoon and crop failure hits hard the village economy, livestock farming comes to its rescue - Livestock farming best bet for ryots

Agriculture : Study identifies reasons for low agriculture production - Study identifies reasons for low agriculture production

Schience & Tech : The grid collapse is a symptom of serious sickness in the power sector caused by deficient capacity, inefficient transmission and distribution networks, state-owned utilities that are close to bankruptcy and a government that is simply not able to get its policy act together - For India, two days in Bharat

Economy : Over the past decade, the proportion of the world’s children affected by malnutrition has not improved as much as gains seen in under-five mortality - Global healthcare gets a better platform

Science & Tech : State capital has least scope of grid collapse owing to its proximity to

the Ramagundam Thermal Power Station - ‘City protected from grid collapse’

Agriculture : It meets the growers’ needs and improves paddy production - ICM’s economic viability makes Kerala accept this technology

Economy : Some 32,000 unemployed youth will identified under RYK - Thousands to get jobs by year-end

India needs to make practical choices that prioritise growth, argues - Decision analysis for interest rates-II

An Electoral System Designed fora predominantly rural Country cannot cope with the urban revolution - The Urban Voter not on a Roll

Demand Component of GDP during “DROUGHT” years - 2012-13: Annus horribilis

Given the current rainfall trends in June and July, the monsoon (June 1-September 30) rainfall for the country as a whole is in all likelihood to be “deficient” (defined as less than 90 per cent of LPA, the Long Period Average) - Predicting the monsoon

Economy - RBI has raised inflation forecast and lowered GDP growth projection - GROWTH-INFLATION DILEMMA

Economy : Why the RBI’s fears about India’s growing current account deficit are misplaced - It’s Not The Usual Suspect