14 September 2021
Low farm wages: The average daily income from cultivation was just ₹27 per day in 2018-19; The corresponding Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2018-19 put the share of agricultural employment at 42.5%
Gold medalist’s coach sacked: Uwe Hohn who guided Neeraj Chopra to win gold at Tokyo Olympics, has been sacked by Athletics Federation of India; The former German javelin thrower and the only man to cross a 100m mark was sacked by AFI for criticising the federation
Delhi’s flooding: Flooding caused not merely by climate change induced extreme rainfall, but due to the concretisation, removal of natural drains, and lack of replacement drains
Excess coal power: India’s 27 GW of proposed 'zombie' coal power plants are unnecessary, expensive and threaten renewables goals; A study estimates that India will not need any new coal power plants even if power demand continues to rise, as renewable power capacity has been rising sharply
Production linked incentives scheme: At least 35 companies, including Reliance Industries, Bombay Dyeing, Welspun Global Brands, Arvind Group, IndoRama Synthetics, and Wellknown Polyesters, have lined up investment plans worth Rs 10,150 crore under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for textiles