Wednesday, 17 August, 2022
TopicAgricultural distress

Topic: Agricultural distress

For Pakistan’s battle with food shortages, blame policies, corruption and water wastage

Raghav Bikhchandani -
From an absence of banking systems to concentration of resources among cartels, Pakistan continues its never-ending battle with food shortage

Covid crisis has shown India’s food policy must have buffer stocks at community level too

Shalander Kumar -
Easing of lockdown restrictions to revive Indian economy may suggest end of Covid-19 ordeal for agriculture. But gaps in food value chains show fight is far from over.

Agriculture sector to grow at 3% in 2020-21 despite Covid-19 lockdown: Modi govt

Samyak Pandey -
Estimated growth in the sector has been attributed to normal monsoon this year along with water availability in reservoirs, which is 40-60% higher than last year.

World awaits Alphonsos, but the mangoes are stuck in Konkan lockdown

Samyak Pandey -
Apart from Alphonso mango, the lockdown in Konkan region has brought the cashew harvesting season to a standstill due to lack of labour.

Coronavirus pandemic is ominous news for India’s rabi crops and farm-to-food chain

Mekhala Krishnamurthy -
During the coronavirus crisis, income support platforms must be utilised by both state and the Centre. Social distancing should be a norm in wheat procurement mandis.

Time for India to do away with agricultural land ceiling laws

Ila Patnaik -
1960s-era provisions that allow a state to take over 66 per cent of farmers’ land for a project should not have any place in India’s rule book today.

On Camera

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Opinion

Pakistan: Imran Khan's Instagram account hacked, doubious crypto link posted

Imran Khan’s becoming costly for Pakistan govt. But army won’t completely remove him from scene

Ayesha Siddiqa -
Imran Khan is so tuned into Pakistan’s domestic politics, he sees foreign policy more as a ploy. That’s why he can surprise his rally audience with a Jaishankar video.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the rampart of Red Fort on the occasion of 76th Independence Day, in New Delhi Monday | ANI/Sanjay Sharma

In the debate over freebies, India is forgetting it traded rule of law for welfare services

Emissions rise from chimneys at the Turow coal-powered power plant | Representational image | Photo: Bartek Sadowski | Bloomberg

Carbon market in India is long time coming. But Modi govt can learn from these mistakes

Economy

India’s ‘salaried class’ shrank during Covid, Muslims hit hardest, govt data suggests

Nikhil Rampal -
India’s salaried class shrank by 2.7 percentage points during pandemic, govt’s Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) shows. But data for religious minorities, women is even bleaker.

Defence

The two frigates under construction at Yantar shipyard in Russia | Snehesh Alex Philip | ThePrint

Not dependent on Ukraine for engines, want to be part of Make in India initiative, says Russia

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India had procured gas turbine engines from Ukraine & handed over to Russia to install them on the Admiral Grigorovich-class guided-missile stealth frigates being made for the Navy.

National Interest

NI 13.08

Tiranga vs Tiranga: Gloves are off as Kejriwal joins the ‘nationalism’ battle with Modi

Shekhar Gupta -
Kejriwal’s maun vrat on Modi has ended. This is an important turn in Indian politics. In some ways rivalling the dramatic turn in Bihar.

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