Living within means comes naturally to a Smallholder Farmer (SHF) in India. It is estimated that almost 70% of Indian farmers are SHFs. It is also true that Small Scale Enterprises (SSEs) account for the bulk of industrial production in the country.
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In the first part of this two-part series, we covered how enhanced cost efficiencies and farm productivity can boost the agricultural sector’s contribution to India becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2025.
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Agriculture is one of the most important drivers of the Indian economy. As per the World Bank’s ‘World Development Indicators’ survey released in Dec 2019, the agriculture sector employs around 43% of India’s population and as per the ‘Economic Survey 2019-20’ presented by the Hon. Finance Minister, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman in Jan 2020, agriculture contributes 16.5% to the country’s Gross Value Added (GVA).
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It is no secret that India is reeling under severe air pollution for the past few years. As per IQAir AirVisual and Greenpeace’s 2018 Report, 7 of the world’s 10 most polluted cities are in India!
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In a short span of 2 months since live trading was initiated in September 2019, NeML’s Emissions Permit Trading System (EPTS) platform developed for Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has started delivering tangible results in the form of reduced air pollution and increased profits for the textile cluster. Launched in Surat, Gujarat, NeML’s EPTS platform is the World’s First Particulate Trading System.
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