Millers in Bangladesh say duty-free yarn imports threaten their businesses, warn of indefinite strike. But garment exporters say new duties could hurt their competitiveness.
In a letter to governor, a retd ICAR scientist describes desi cotton farming as 'unfeasible', says 'won’t help farmers'. Haryana agricultural dept defends move, says 'crop needs less water'.
The Modi govt claims the three new laws are re-creating the 1991 moment for agriculture. But those reforms were premised on decentralisation and deregulation.
The Shetkari Sanghatana is circulating posts and organising conferences where farmers share knowledge of GM crops even as the state cracks down on use of unapproved variants of GM cotton.
Cotton farmers in the Saurashtra region don’t want a change of guard in Gujarat, say BJP has ensured better roads, schools, power and water in villages.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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