India Export of Agro-Products to the world from 2017-18 to 2021-2022 ( Rs in Crores)

 

    India Export of Agro-Products to the world from 2017-18 to 2021-2022 ( Rs in Crores)

PRODUCTS	2021-22	2020-21	2019-20	2018-19	2017-18
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES	2071.91	2386.92	1648.63	213.98	2105.85
BASMATI RICE	26414.06	29849.7	31025.55	32804.12	26870.16
CASHEW KERNELS	3377.38	3112.21	4018.32	4579.15	5945.29
CEREAL PREPARATIONS	4861.84	4705.78	3871.62	3859.56	3559.88
COCOA PRODUCTS	1145.45	1108.37	1274.26	1350.85	1144.29
CUCUMBER & GHERKINS	1487.29	1651.8	1241.2	1437.12	1285.23
DAIRY PRODUCTS	2928.82	1491.62	1341	2423.06	1196.16
FLORICULTURE	771.41	575.97	541.6	571.39	507.31
FRESH GRAPES & MANGOES	2629.6	2570.32	2577.1	2741.75	2282.24
ONIONS	3430.6	2821.99	2319.01	3467.37	3088.79
GROUNDNUTS	4697.08	5381.6	5096.38	3298.32	3386.31
GUAR GUM	3334.77	1949.08	3261.62	4707.07	4169.56
JAGGERY & CONFECTIONERY	2797.91	2659.59	1633.28	1606.16	1380.33
MAIZE	7615.42	4675.72	1019.29	1871.66	1228.45
HONEY	1221.13	716.1	633.78	732.17	653.58
NON – BASMATI RICE	45652.26	35476.53	14364.68	21185.06	22967.82
OTHER FRESH FRUITS	2900.68	2233.27	2065.83	1834.57	1443.78
PROCESSED FRUITS, JUICES & NUTS	3626.08	3173.41	3086.32	2804.92	2647.86
PROCESSED VEGETABLES	3986.44	3718.65	2760.51	2473.96	2211.6
PULSES	2834.28	2116.67	1533.76	1822.42	1473.29
WHEAT	15840.31	4037.57	439.13	424.93	624.36

Source: APEDA

Guest Lecture Delivered at Vijaya Institute of Technology for Women on " Trade -Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights"

 

     

                              

Guest Lecture Delivered at CH.S.D. ST. THERESA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN ( Autonomous College) ELURU

 

    

Guest Lecture Delivered at Eswar Engineering college

 

     

Elon Musk launches $43 billion hostile takeover of Twitter

 

       

Elon Musk will pay $54.20 per share in cash, representing a 54 per cent premium over the Jan 28 closing price and a value of about $43 billion

April 14, 2022 by Bloomberg

Elon Musk has made a “best and final” offer to buy Twitter Inc., saying the company has extraordinary potential and he will unlock it.

The world’s richest man will pay $54.20 per share in cash, representing a 54 per cent premium over the Jan 28 closing price and a value of about $43 billion. The social media company’s shares soared 18 per cent.

Musk, 50, announced the offer in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. The billionaire, who also controls Tesla Inc., first disclosed a stake of about 9 per cent on April 4.

The executive is one of Twitter’s most-watched firebrands, often tweeting out memes and taunts to @ Elon Musk’s more than 80 million followers.

He has been outspoken about changes he’d like to consider imposing at the social media platform, and the company offered him a seat on the board following the announcement of his stake, which made him the largest individual shareholder.

After his stake became public, Musk immediately began appealing to fellow users about prospective moves, from turning Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters into a homeless shelter and adding an edit button for tweets to granting automatic verification marks to premium users.

Why Are People Looking for Green Pastures?

 

      

People work for money but go the extra mile for recognition, praise and rewards."

Introduction:

In 2021, as some of the uncertainty abated a record number of workers started quitting their jobs creating the so-called Great Resignation. The “Great Resignation”, coined & predicted by Psychologist Anthony Klotz, is the tipping point of a nearly decade-long trend of employment dissatisfaction. And these people have left their jobs in search of more fulfilling roles with greater flexibility – it's been called the Great Reshuffle.

What’s the Issue?

India’s second-largest IT services company Infosys announced its fourth-quarter results ending on March 31, for the financial year 2022. And it shows over 80,000 employees have resigned from the company between Jan-March 2022. Infosys is reportedly invoking the non-compete clause in the employment agreements to curb attrition. The non-compete clause bans its employees from joining a few companies & to work for the same customers with whom they had worked at the company for the last 12 months. However, on-compete clauses are not valid in India as per Sec 27 of the Indian Contract Act, which states that any agreement that restrains anyone from practicing a lawful profession, trade or business is to that extent void. In an era where organizations like Meesho and Zerodha are going fully remote, and many others are spending more time, value, and effort on employee benefit programs, a move like this will only contribute to more attrition.

Today, employees are burned out, unengaged, and eager to explore new opportunities. And to retain staff amid this mass turnover, companies are offering significant salary hikes, generous vacation time & unique benefits. While these perks might have worked earlier, they are not enough anymore. So, what needs to be done to engage & retain the workforce?

Employee Recognition

To answer this increasingly Googled question, Achievers Workforce Institute surveyed more than 4,200 employees and 1,600 HR leaders across the globe in February. After digging through the diversified data set, AWI's team of behavioural research scientists found the key in just two words: employee recognition. According to the survey results published in Achievers' 2022 State of Recognition Report:

1. Thank You no enough:

Employee Recognition leads to better engagement, higher retention, & increased productivity.65% of the respondents admitted that feeling recognized would reduce their desire to job hunt. A mere thank you may not be enough. Employees want to know whether they could make a difference.

2. It's about camaraderie, not compensation

The data highlights that recognition actually outweighs the perception of a fair salary as a driver of employee advocacy, job commitment, and productivity. 

3. Most managers aren't trained to recognize top talent

Research by Harvard, MIT, and other schools discovered that soft skills training in topics such as problem-solving and communication improved productivity and retention by 12 %, with a 250 % ROI in under a year. Most managers don’t know how to make frequent conversations meaningful. As managers are leading teams from the front, it's vital they acquire the soft skills to properly recognize employees in the remote era. While 90%t of HR leaders say they offer recognition training, only 41 % of employees say they've received it & only one-third of those trained were instructed on how to send a meaningful recognition. This shows the disconnect & calls for regular training on recognition best practices.

Conclusion

Recognition helps employees see that their company values them and their contributions to the success of their team and the company overall. Most importantly, frequency and timing of recognition along with ensuring it is value-based and specific. This is particularly key when organizations grow or change. It helps employees build a sense of security in their value to the company, motivating them to continue great work. No matter the route taken, ensuring employee recognition should be the core part of a company’s DNA that will improve retention.

KALIYUGA

 

          

Kaliyuga:

Once the four Pandavas (except Yudhishthira who was not present) asked Krishna:

"What is Kaliyuga and what will happen during Kaliyuga?"

Krishna smiled and said "Let me demonstrate to you, the situation of Kaliyuga." He took a bow and four arrows and shot them in four directions and ordered the four Pandavas to go and bring them back.

Each of the four Pandavas went in the four different directions to search for the arrows. 

When Arjuna picked an arrow, he heard a very sweet voice. He turned around and saw a cuckoo singing in a spellbinding voice but was also eating flesh of a live rabbit which was in great pain. Arjuna was very surprised to see such a gory act by such a divine bird he left the place immediately.

Bhima picked arrow from a place, where five wells were situated. The four wells were surrounding a single well. The four wells were overflowing with very sweet water as if they were not able to hold water and surprisingly the well in the middle of these four overflowing wells was completely empty. Bhima was also puzzled at this sight.

Nakula was returning to the place after picking up the arrow. He stopped at a place where a cow was about to give birth. After giving birth the cow started licking the calf but continued to lick it even after the calf was clean. With great difficulty people were able to separate them and by that time the calf was injured badly. Nakula was puzzled by the behaviour of such a calm animal.

Sahadeva picked arrow which fell near a mountain and saw a big boulder falling. The boulder was crushing the rocks and big trees on its way down, but the same boulder was stopped by a small plant. Sahadeva was also amazed at this sight.

All the Pandavas asked the meaning of these incidents. Krishna smiled and started explaining...

"In Kaliyuga, the priests will have very sweet voice and will also have great knowledge but they will exploit devotees the same way cuckoo was doing with rabbit.

In Kaliyuga poor will live among rich, those rich will have enormous amount of wealth which will actually overflow but they will not offer a single penny to the poor same as the four wells didn't have a single drop of water for the empty well.

In Kaliyuga parents will love their children so much that their love will actually spoil them and will destroy their lives similar to the love shown by cow to her newborn calf.

In Kaliyuga people will fall in terms of character like the boulder from the mountain and they will not be stopped by anyone at the end only the name of God will be able to hold them from doom like the little plant held the boulder from further fall."

~ Uddhava Gita, Srimad Bhaagawatam.

Source:  EMG Trust