heat stress

Too early to predict any damage to wheat crop because of heat stress: Narendra Singh Tomar

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Too early to predict any damage to wheat crop because of heat stress: Narendra Singh Tomar

The government on Tuesday said it is too early to predict any damage to the wheat crop due to heat stress in February. In a written reply to Lok Sabha, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said, “In the month of February 2023, though the maximum temperature was hovering around 32-33°C in most of the … Read more

Climate change may hurt Indian manufacturing due to heat stress on workers: Study

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Climate change may hurt Indian manufacturing due to heat stress on workers: Study

One-degree Celsius rise in annual temperatures may lead to two per cent drop in productivity levels of industrial units and climate change may hurt the Indian manufacturing sector owing to heat stress on workers, a new study has said. The study by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago used several high-frequency micro-data … Read more