Prices have crashed and farmers cannot find exporters to sell their produce to
COVID-19: Global remittances to decline 20%, says World Bank
COVID-19 lockdown spells trouble for Bihar’s litchi growers
COVID-19 could lead to spurt in Punjab migration: Study
COVID-19: 300-400 Maldhari families from Gujarat stranded in Chhattisgarh
Pastoralists seen as ‘corona carriers’ in state
COVID-19: Maharashtra exempts non-timber forest produce from lockdown
Income from collecting tendu leaves keeps small farmers in Maharashtra from depending on loans
COVID-19: Bundelkhand suffers from reverse-migration
Families of migrants from the region covered 400-500 kilometres on foot
COVID-19: Bihar beekeepers find it tough to relocate bee boxes amid lockdown
Bees are relocated to orchards in Jharkhand for them to get easy access to food sources
COVID-19 lockdown: Odisha’s mahua flower collectors left in lurch
The state’s tribal economy intrinsically runs on mahua flower trade in summers
COVID-19 exposes India’s dependence on China for active pharma ingredients
India imports around 90 per cent of APIs used to make antibiotics, says an expert
Stranded Odisha workers across India send SOS for food
Workers from Odisha are contacting anyone who can help them in a number of states
COVID-19: African economy could take up to 3 years to revive
GDP growth rate likely to decline by 3-8 percentage points, according to African ministers of finance
COVID-19 dampens expansion of women-led prasadam project in Uttarakhand
Women in Uttarakhand make prasadam packets as religious offerings for tourists visiting shrines
COVID-19: $2.5 tln needed by developing countries to weather economic crisis, says report
Debts of $1 trillion owed by developing countries needs to be cancelled
COVID-19: Traditional fisherfolk left in the lurch
They are not included in PM-Kisan and hence are not eligible for benefits similar to farmers
COVID-19 a double whammy for India’s urban poor
There is the shock of the pandemic plus the loss of livelihood
COVID-19: Bengal cotton loom trade hit
Exports fall by 10 per cent in five months, taant trade badly hit
COVID-19 hits Bihar’s Buddhist tourist circuit
Steep drop in tourist footfalls from Asian Buddhist countries registered due to panic over virus
Coronavirus may eat into global FDI flow, predicts UNCTAD
FDI flows across the world will witness a sharp decline of 5-15 per cent
COVID-19: Global trade via shipping badly affected, says UNCTAD
Situation unlikely to improve before second or even fourth quarter of 2020
Unemployment just below 8%, show latest CMIE figures
The business information company's portal says unemployment for February was 7.9% whereas Reuters has reported it at 7.78%
World to suffer $10 trillion loss by 2050 unless nature is saved: WWF report
However, annual global GDP will be 0.02 % higher by 2050 if conservation of nature is done
Union Budget 2020-21: Constant decline in Swachh Bharat Mission allocation
Output indicators of the allocation unclear
Union Budget 2020-21: Fisheries experts raise concerns over ‘blue economy’
Reduced allocation for fisheries, categorisation of fish farmers and development of ports threatening traditional fisherfolk
Economic Survey 2019-20: Coverage of food processing sector needs scaling up
Recommendation is backed by fact that schemes floated to help sector have not been implemented properly