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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
TopicAgriculture sector

Topic: Agriculture sector

Modi govt can learn from New Zealand how to stabilise onion market. Export ban hurts farmers

Instead of abrupt and stringent measures, Modi govt should focus on long-term solutions to tackle fluctuations in the prices of agricultural commodities.

‘Destructive’ or not? Scientist sparks debate over Haryana scheme that pays farmers not to grow paddy

Virender Lather, a former ICAR scientist, says scheme launched in 2021 will harm farmers' income & India's food security, urges governor & HC to intervene.

How India & Israel are working together to boost agricultural productivity and crop diversity

Embassy of Israel says it has led the 'largest agricultural project in India’ through Centres of Excellence in states since 2006. ThePrint looks at the initiative & its implementation. 

Punjab youth are unemployable. The state doesn’t have a Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune or Noida

Young people of Punjab are perennially trapped in disenchantment with their state and in an irrational yearning to migrate. 'There is no scope in Punjab. So why spend time studying?'

Some hits and misses for India’s agricultural sector in Budget 2023

A dedicated fund for start-ups in rural India is a much-needed thrust but Budget 2023 has unexpectedly slashed allocation to the agriculture ministry and reduced funds for MGNREGA by 33%.

Budget 2023: Govt introduces startup fund for young agri-entrepreneurs, idea long pushed by RSS

Agriculture Accelerator Fund aims to bring 'innovative & affordable solutions for challenges faced by farmers' and modern technologies to increase productivity & profitability.

Chidambaram Subramaniam—the force behind India’s green revolution who never took credit for it

Chidambaram Subramaniam, former minister of food and agriculture, introduced high-yielding seed varieties and intense fertiliser application, which paved the way for increased production.

All is not well in India’s agriculture sector. State must help farmers access market systems

Advocates of reform agree that structures represented by Amul are interesting interventions. But it question is whether agriculture is a sustainable livelihood at all.

Budget 2022 shows agriculture under change. Gone are talks about doubling farmers’ income

The changes in budgetary allocations of key schemes will likely affect the Indian agriculture sector. Budget 2022 should lay the foundation for PM Modi's ‘Amrit Kaal’.

NSS survey on farmers is a mid-term report card of Modi’s promise, with ‘fail’ written over it

The NSS survey conceals more than it reveals. It gives the impression that there is at least some progress. But that is misleading.

On Camera

Mamata Shankar stuck in Dark Ages. Gen Z showing India there’s no one way to wear a saree

In an interview with Anandabazar Patrika Shankar waxed eloquent about her many objections to the pallu not covering the bosom area of Gen Z women. She called them ‘women of the street’.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

Taiwan reports Chinese military activity around the island

Taiwan has detected a total of 301 Chinese military aircraft and 165 Chinese naval vessels so far in 2024.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.