September 2023
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Inflation & Targeting ‘Food Security for all’ through Public Distribution System of India
“We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.” — Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States of America. Creating the harmonious, peaceful and developed world economy is challenged by the widespread inequalities of different sorts, absolute as well relative. Food which is a basic necessity of human beings…
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The Politics of Catalan language unfolding in Spain and Europe
The Catalan language has gained traction in the European politics once again since the past few days. Catalan language has long been used as a political tool by the separatists demanding secession of Catalonia from Spain. However, the recent debate about Catalan language has been sparked off by Spain’s President of the Government Pedro Sánchez’s…
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Growth Decisions of FMCG Industry amid Inflation in India
India’s story with food inflation has always been dramatically volatile and uncertain creating lasting impacts on consumer demand cycle. One of the primary reasons behind this challenge lies in the unreliable climatic conditions that shape India’s agricultural production. Consumer Price Index (CPI) which is measure used in India to calculate inflation, assigns a larger amount of…
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Experience & Impact of Global Food Inflation on India & its Trading Partners
The Government of India banned exports of Wheat last year, this year it banned export of non-basmati rice and recently added 40% tariffs on onions. This article provides insights into these three commodities and tomatoes from Indian situation to its impact of trade restrictions on major food trade partner countries. Global Experience of Food Inflation…
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Government formation in Spain: More questions than answers
As Spain’s parliament meets on September 26 and 27 to discuss formation of the next government the uncertainty following the general elections is continuing. General elections were held in Spain on July 23. The results continued the trend that has defined the Spanish politics since 2015. For last almost one decade no party has been…