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Thursday, July 31, 2025
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Topic: Agriculture

For UP farmers, demonetisation is still a hot potato that’s bringing ruin

The note ban dealt a double blow to potato farmers in Uttar Pradesh, and the market has still not recovered fully, leading to huge losses.

A visit to Delhi’s Azadpur mandi shows why farm crisis is alive & kicking

Only 17 out of 35 states & union territories have adopted the Model APMC Act 2003, aimed at streamlining the agricultural markets. In May this...

We had designed 2008 farm loan waiver to be last of its kind – UPA Agriculture Secy

Repeated loan waivers raise question if the move benefits farmers or banks as someone else ends up paying for the write-off, says former bureaucrat T. Nanda Kumar. RUHI TEWARI

Genetically ossified absurdity

GM is already in our food chain for years. The approval for indigenous GM mustard should put fake fearmongering to rest.

Zeroing in on five myths

When you speak nonsense, you are told to get your head examined. But there are times when you do not even need to do...

It’s agriculture, stupid

Agriculture's share in economic GDP may be below 15 per cent. In the electoral and political equivalent of GDP, it is about 60 per cent. 

Why rural India matters

Agriculture's share in economic GDP may be below 15 per cent. In the electoral and political equivalent of GDP, it is about 60 per cent.

On Camera

Modi’s ‘Make in India’—a case study in what happens when strategy is replaced by storytelling

From day one, Make in India was driven by optics than economics. There were global summits, slick visuals, and media blitzes. But the real machinery never showed up.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.