Open Markets – An Answer To Curb India’s Air Pollution Menace?

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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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Looking Beyond Farm Loan Waivers: Emerging Perspectives – Part 2

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In the first part of this two-part series, we covered the various diverse perspectives that are emerging on Farm Loan Waivers in India and presented a new perspective – linking Commodity Spot Markets with short-term credit linkage initiatives to enhance famers’ bargaining power that will lead to better realisations for their agriculture produce.

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Farmers Finance of Rs. 3362 crores on NeML e-Pledge

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NCDEX e Markets Ltd. (NeML)’s e-Pledge is a unique service which leverages NeML’s domain expertise in the commodity spot markets to bring together critical stakeholders – the Borrowers (primarily Smallholder Farmers, Traders, Aggregators and Processors), the Warehouse Service Providers (WSPs) and the Lenders (primarily Financial Institutions like Banks) on a single, robust online platform.  Continue reading “Farmers Finance of Rs. 3362 crores on NeML e-Pledge”