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The author is correspondent at BW Businessworld, he has a keen interest in sustainability and environmental economics
In an exclusive interview with BW Businessworld, Priyanka Kalra, Umang Manchanda & Mallika Arya, co-founders of No Straws Attached discuss the environmental impact and ecological footprint of plastic straws, and how there is a need to shift to environmentally conscious consumer choices with respect to plastic straws
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"The main focus of the budget has been, if you look at the budget speech, the whole speech is announcing schemes, welfare schemes, for the poor and rural sector and the agriculture sector, rural housing, health protection schemes for the below poverty line people," R.S. Sharma, Former CMD, ONGC Ltd
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"For senior citizens it is very good as they have got exemptions on health, on TDS, interest rates have been substantially increased, and that increase is very appreciable," Krishan Malhotra, Senior Partner at Dhruva Advisors LLP
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"Strengthening of the banks is a much more overarching issue," Naina Lal Kidwai, Chairperson, Max Financial Services
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"The government has obviously put the rural and agriculture sector as a priority, which is very positive because it will fuel consumption and the GDP growth rate also," Rashesh C Shah, President, FICCI & Chairman and CEO, Edelweiss Group
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"Several measures in the budget have tried to address themselves to the rural distress situation. The focus on improving productivity, increasing agricultural incomes, strengthening the agri-logistics infrastructure are positive generally but raise questions from a resource efficiency point of view", Dr Leena Srivastava
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“We have had so far, a fruitful relationship with India over the years. There are many Indians in Guyana and as a result there are a lot of cultural spill-overs," said Carl B. Greenidge, Second Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana
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In an exclusive interview with TG Ganesh, Head of Sustainability, Marks & Spencer India discusses the various sustainability issues of the organization
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“We will explore what the corporates will look out for to push the economy towards higher growth rate. As far as rural economy and agriculture are concerned, there is a consensus that there is rural distress. It’s an election year, so populism will come in”, Gauri Dwivedi, NewsX
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The auto sector is facing a complete overhaul with technological disruption already well underway. The research shows that EVs could become as affordable as traditional petrol and diesel cars as soon as 2022, making it easier for carmakers to profit from the low carbon transition
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