Farmer-owned Sahyadri Farms has raised Rs 310 crore from a group of European investors https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/farmer-owned-sahyadri-farms-has-raised-rs-310-crore-from-a-group-of-european-investors/articleshow/94202814.cms?from=mdr  By Jayashree Bhosale
Sep 14, 2022

"Sahyadri Farms is today, servicing over 18,000 farmers, covering more than 31,000 acres and 9 crops. The capital coming from Korys, FMO, Proparco and Incofin is intended to further grow the company. Sahyadri Farms wants to expand its processing capacity for fruits and vegetables-based products, set up a biomass plant to generate electricity from process waste and enhance its infrastructure like packhouses," said the company release.
Rahul Rai, Partner at Incofin India said, "Incofin feels privileged to lead this investor consortium and its partnership with Sahyadri Farms to support its spread as a global role model of a partnership-based approach to farming that results in sustainable financial impact, climate change adaptation and inclusive growth in rural communities while creating a technology-driven, globally competitive business.” Incofin IM is an AIFM licensed fund manager and has over EUR 1 billion in assets under management.

Françoise Lombard, CEO of Proparco, the private sector financing arm of Agence Française de Développement Group (AFD Group) said, "Proparco is proud to become a shareholder of Sahyadri Farms, one of the largest players in the Indian fruit and vegetable sector, alongside Incofin, Korys and FMO.

Foreign Investors as Equity Holders in FPCs?

Foreign investment story of Sahyadri FPO is now become the discussion points amongst all of us mainly in the development and FPO sector. Therefore I thought to give some light on it.

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 Prajwal Revanna ‘sex scandal’: BJP under fire as letter shows ‘brahmastra’ warning about JD(S) leader went unheeded https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/prajwal-revanna-sex-scandal-bjp-under-fire-as-letter-shows-warning-about-jd-s-leader-went-unheeded-101714370783047.html   Apr 29, 2024
Prajwal Revanna, who is seeking a fresh term in the Lok Sabha from Hassan as an NDA candidate, reportedly left for Germany after polling on April 26.

Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna 'Obscene Video' Case: Congress Women Wing Stage Protest In Bengaluru  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnlwSGS2n8g  CNBC-TV18

Ravish Kumar  भारत का सबसे बड़ा सेक्स कांड | India's biggest sex scandal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL4uP2tOvuc  Apr 29, 2024
कर्नाटका की यह घटना एक और बार प्रधानमंत्री मोदी का इम्तहान ले रही है। वे पहले भी ऐसे कई मामलों में फेल हो चुके हैं। विपक्ष के उम्मीदवार का वीडियो वायरल हो रहा होता तो अब तक प्रधानमंत्री तमाम रैलियों में बोल चुके होते लेकिन जब अपनी पार्टी के सांसद पर आरोप लगता है, अपने गठबंधन के उम्मीदवार पर आरोप लगता है तब चुप हो जाते है। हम नहीं जानते प्रज्ज्वल रेवन्ना ने कितनी महिलाओं के साथ उत्पीड़न किया है लेकिन 2800 से अधिक वीडियो बता रहे हैं कि इस मामले पर वोट के लिए चुप नहीं रहा जा सकता है। राम के नाम पर वोट मांगने वाले प्रज्ज्वल के नाम पर चुप नहीं रह सकते हैं। धर्म के नाम पर कोई नेता वोट मांगने आए तो सावधान रहा कीजिए क्योंकि वह बलात्कार के मामले में भागे गए नेता के बारे में बोल नहीं पाता है। तभी बार बार कहता हूं जब भी धर्म की राजनीति होती है, अधर्म पैदा होता है। PM asking people to vote for P Revaana https://youtu.be/OL4uP2tOvuc?t=434

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbSiYxNEzfc   
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गले तक कर्ज़ में डूबे मोदी सरकार _ IMF warns of India's rising Debt_Govt Disagrees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKeqAMTXHW4 DESH NEETI  Dec 22, 2023 

गले तक कर्ज़ में डूबे मोदी , सीतारमण की होगी छुट्टी ?

India's debt-to-GDP ratio well below emerging markets, IMF gave worst-case scenario: FM Sitharaman https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/indias-debt-to-gdp-ratio-well-below-emerging-markets-imf-gave-worst-case-scenario-fm-sitharaman-12216221.html 
The finance minister's comments comes after the International Monetary Fund flagged the possibility of India's general government debt exceeding 100 percent of GDP.. Sitharaman's remarks comes months after the International Monetary Fund (IMF), while releasing a set of projections, flagged the possibility of India's general government debt exceeding 100 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).

IMF forecasts India’s economy to grow 6.8% this fiscal year https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/imf-forecasts-indias-economy-to-grow-68-this-fiscal-year/article68072638.ece World economy is ‘remarkably resilient ‘ but challenges remain, multilateral lender says in its ‘World Economic Outlook April 2024’
April 16, 2024  April 17, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQT_dG0P8a4 Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook, April 2024 On Inida question: https://youtu.be/AQT_dG0P8a4?t=1419 

Modi Government में क्यों बढ़ा India पर Debt ? IMF | Inflation | कहां गया पैसा ? Rimjhim Ke 5 Points https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Eir9rpQWk

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If govt changes, CEC Rajiv Kumar will be impeached: Former Delhi L-G Najeeb Jung https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEcF1PGnlj0 

s Apr 26, 2024 #electioncommissionofindia #pmnarendramodi #supremecourt
The Election Commission has sent a notice to BJP president JP Nadda seeking comments on the alleged hate speech made by PM Narendra Modi in Rajasthan. The notice did not mention the name of the violator, nor were the sections under IPC and RP Act listed out. Along with Nadda, a notice has been sent to Mallikarjun Kharge as well for Rahul Gandhi’s speech on cultural and linguistic divide. Is this EC notice an eyewash? Does it go to show that EC does not have the spine to stand up on its own? Will the Opposition parties go to the Supreme Court now?

on Affirmative Action - Appeasement reality - Najeeb Jung. https://youtu.be/qEcF1PGnlj0?t=624 

WhatsApp To Exit India? Centre Vs App In Delhi HC Over I-T Rules? Why Right To Privacy Raised  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3khodYlfcHs  Apr 26, 2024 
In a fresh tussle between the messaging platform Whatsapp and the central government, the app has ‘warned’ of leaving India if it is made to break end-to-end encryption. Challenging the amendments made to the I-T rules before Delhi HC, Whatsapp called it a violation of right to privacy. The messaging app also called for an examination of the constitutional validity of the law.

Is Whatsapp Going To Exit India Over Encryption Dispute?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSwJ2IwQ7QQ  Apr 26, 2024 
India is one of the largest markets for messaging app Whatsapp, which is owned by Meta. But now, Whatsapp has threatened that they're ready to exit the India market. They said this in the Delhi High Court, during a hearing in which Whatsapp has challenged a new Indian law which requires social media platforms to identify the FIRST originators of certain messages, if a court orders them to do so. Whatsapp insists that this violates user privacy

https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/the-modi-fication-of-india-is-still-thrilling-markets-2993868  

The ‘Modi-fication’ of India is still thrilling markets The Indian prime minister is so successful at polarizing the majority Hindu vote by playing on its fears, he doesn’t have to pursue profligate — or even populist — fiscal policies

the appetite for a third term for the Indian leader is very high in the global financial industry. “Modi has done an unbelievable job in India,” JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said Tuesday at the Economic Club of New York. Both Goldman and JPMorgan are predicting a deluge of overseas capital after general elections are over on June 4. (The BJP is favorite to win the contest.)

Still, this is the start of a new compact between markets and Modi, one in which investors are betting on what he won’t do, rather than what he will.

The first belief is that while Modi 3.0 may take a more authoritarian turn, the Indian leader won’t follow the lead of China’s President Xi Jinping. The stock market will still have to read the tea leaves to figure out which business group is likely to be blessed with juicy contracts and favorable policy, but there is little risk of New Delhi turning the screws on the private sector. In other words, no nasty surprises like Beijing’s crackdown on its technology industry.

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/no-activities-involving-guest-speaker-tiss-students-call-it-infringement-of-rights-9214609/  dipti Singh 

Apart from calling the restrictions to be arbitrary, the SU in its official statement issued on Wednesday claimed, “The current environment in TISS is a complete violation of the student entitlement suggested by the University Grants Commission (UGC), which states that as democratic citizens, the students are entitled to freedom of thought and expression within and outside their institution.”

Demanding that the new guidelines should be prepared on priority, the statement also urges the administration to include student representatives in reframing them to make them student-centric.

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/can-green-credits-benefit-indias-forests/article68106159.ece   April 26, 2024 02:24 am Jacob Koshy

https://thewire.in/labour/for-desperate-jobless-indian-youth-war-conflict-zones-abroad-are-no-deterrents 

Unemployment at home pushes thousands of Indians to look overseas for work – even war zones. What’s missing is a coherent policy to protect them.

While illegal outmigration from India is nothing new – one study found that about 725,000 Indians now live illegally in the US – the movement of people to conflict zones reflects potential migrants’ desire to escape desperate conditions at home for a relatively better life elsewhere, even when confronted with human emergencies caused by war.

Indians migrating to Russia and then finding themselves thrown into the conflict as combatants, and hundreds of people in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana states signing up for jobs in Israel, underscore an important point: migrating to conflict zones is considered a better choice to the uncertainties caused by lack of employment at home.

A recent report made two startling claims: one, about 83% of India’s youth grapple with “soaring unemployment”. Second, the proportion of educated youth (15 to 29 years old), with at least secondary level education, among the country’s total unemployed youth jumped from 35.2% in 2002 to 65.7% in 2022.

by Chandan Nandy

26/04/2024