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Agriculture Industry
Mahindra & Mahindra eyes overseas markets for growthedit
Mahindra & Mahindra says its farm equipment division head Rajesh Jejurikar is on a mission. And the mission resonates with that of the government. “We will look at doubling the income of farmers,” says the 52-year old. The nation’s largest SUV and tractor maker wants to bring the latest farming technologies to India, and see how to customise those for the benefit of the Indian farmer, including the one whose landholding is marginal.
BRIEF-Monsanto deal hasn’t affected Bayer business Bayer CEOedit
BRIEF-Monsanto deal hasn’t affected Bayer business Bayer CEO Bayer AG CEO at AGM * Says Monsanto takeover has so far not had any visible effect on the development of our business Further company coverage:
Go against the grainedit
Some experts believe that genetically modified wheat may be the culprit. Some scientists say that hybridisation of wheat over the decades may have led to changes in the composition which could be a cause of an increased inability to tolerate gluten
Budget
GST to push Indian growth to over 8 per cent: IMFedit
The great holy grail of economic policy is to find something which increases the efficiency of the economy as a whole. There aren’t that many such things around but the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in India this summer is one of them. It’s true that consumption taxation itself is more efficient than most other kinds–and it’s also more regressive–but that’s not the major point here.