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Innovation in Global Competitiveness Index and India

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Global Competitiveness Index and India On innovation, India's ranking is very low. What is the role of Government in promoting innovation? What changes we should bring to promote innovation in India? Any thoughts? Please share. Click on photos to enlarge for reading.

India’s Food Security – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

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India’s food security – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow By: Vijay Sardana International Agribusiness & Commodity Trade Expert Preamble No country can ensure its political sovereignty without food security. There is close relation between food security, economic growth and law and order in the society. The economic growth is directly related to food inflation. Higher the food inflation lower will be the economic growth because high food inflation reducing consumer spending on non-food economic activities. In India we are also adding about 15 million people every year. They all will need food to survive and perform. Food intake less than required by the body will lead to widespread sickness due to malnutrition, stunting and disease due to imbalanced diets. Considering these facts on ground let us be clear that there is no hope that food inflation will come down in coming years, unless we have some serious rethinking about our food production, food supply chains, li

Global Agriculture Leadership Award

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Global Agriculture Leadership Award Brief Citation "Commodity Business Leadership Award" A corporate manager, lauded speaker, regular blogger, corporate trainer and business advisor, Mr. Vijay Sardana has a wealth of experience on subjects spanning across economic policies, consumer-agri-food products and rural and bio-economy. Currently, Vice President & Head, Food Security Initiatives & Agribusinesses at UPL Group, he has committed himself for the development of globally competitive, efficient and fair agribusinesses and commodity markets with the deep and insightful knowledge, experience and understanding of complex interrelation among social, economic, technical, legal and political aspects of global bio-economy.  Widely travelled, Mr. Sardana has a deep understanding of the issues affecting agro-commodities and agribusinesses, and advising on these issues many a business houses, international organizations and policy making bodies around the w