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Multi-purpose cyclone shelters in India
Posted on 06 Feb, 2021 03:53 PMAn ‘Extremely Severe Cyclone Fani’ made landfall during morning hours on May 3, 2019, near Puri in Odisha. The landfall location was forecast accurately much in advance by India Meteorological Department. In anticipation of the strike, the state government carried out an extensive evacuation involving more than 1.5 million people.
![The Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department looks into the repairing of cyclone and flood shelters across Odisha (Image: Odisha TV)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/cyclone-centre.jpg?itok=oZIGWuVD)
Economic survey 2020-21: Some highlights
Posted on 30 Jan, 2021 11:20 AMFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2020-21 in the Parliament on January 29, 2020 - the first day of the Budget session. The survey has analysed various topics from economic growth, fiscal stance, state of banking and more.
![The Economic Survey 2021 pushes for urgent reforms in production and post production in agriculture (Image: PixaHive)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/indian-farmer-225324-pixahive-1024x683.jpg?itok=k_l0l5iJ)
Remembrance meeting for Prof. Brij Gopal
Posted on 29 Jan, 2021 01:07 PMAs you may have heard, Prof. Brij Gopal passed away earlier this month, leaving behind a towering legacy both as an academic and as a human being. For many of us, it is also a huge absence from our lives, as friends, family, colleagues and students.
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Budget 2021: Will agriculture sector get a boost?
Posted on 28 Jan, 2021 10:15 AMThe agriculture sector is confronted with high price volatility, low returns, low productivity and weather risks.
![The government could consider a shift from the price support system to an income support system. PM-KISAN is a step in that direction, but the assistance under that is lacking. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/Planting_Rice_Paddy.jpg?itok=sX7euyIp)
Budget 2021: Cash transfer and urban employment guarantee can help blunt the economic blow
Posted on 26 Jan, 2021 11:03 AMTo revive India’s growth story and to cash in on our rapidly closing demographic dividend window, Prof Santosh Mehrotra, a human development economist suggests four essential proposals that must be included in the Budget 2021. This includes an increased expenditure in infrastructure, health sector and an urban employment guarantee programme.
![There should be an increased expenditure in infrastructure to create jobs in the construction sector. (Image: PxHere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/pxhere_1.jpg?itok=brio78RP)
Budget 2021: Policy measures in the nutrition sector
Posted on 25 Jan, 2021 11:34 AMIndia's food security policy framework includes many proven nutrition interventions. In 2015, India committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of zero hunger.
![Children eating their mid-day meal at a worksite school in Andhra Pradesh (Image: ILO Asia Pacific, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/24984456222_84706ac7c1_k.jpg?itok=v5mVc8lR)
Natural resource management through a gender lens
Posted on 21 Jan, 2021 05:16 PMBuilding upon decades of international diplomatic relations and scientific research, the United Nations adopted the ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ in 2015.
![In incorporating female participation, some programmes only added (futile) burden on these women without challenging the current division of labour. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/Woman_harvesting_wheat_Raisen_district%2C_Madhya_Pradesh.jpg?itok=VnTn-5OZ)
Cereals drain India dry
Posted on 20 Jan, 2021 11:14 AMAgricultural stagnation and inefficient irrigation systems
Agriculture continues to be an important sector for the Indian economy and for food security with more than half of the workforce being employed in agricultural activities. Greater use of improved crop varieties, irrigation and fertilisers have contributed to major improvements in crop yields in India.
![Cereals and millets at a bazaar in Nizampet, Hyderabad (Image Source: Aditya Madhav, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/cereals_and_millet_at_a_bazaar_in_nizampet_02.jpg?itok=9CstwWUC)