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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicCrop loans

Topic: crop loans

March rains left Indian farmers in need of govt help. Crop insurance scheme will be tested

Siraj Hussain -
Farmers in Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana have suffered heavy losses due to unseasonal rains in March. Will Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana rescue them?

Draconian Essential Commodities Act needs to go if India wants to raise farm incomes

Ila Patnaik -
The fear of the Essential Commodities Act may explain the lack of formal warehouses and silos in India.

Why the 26% rise in crop loan disbursement in Maharashtra isn’t great news

Manasi Phadke -
Despite an overall rise, fresh crop loans disbursed in Vidarbha and Marathwada, two regions battling the deepest agrarian crisis, are still tepid.

Amid Maharashtra farm sector slump, crop loans fall by 40%

Manasi Phadke -
Overall credit to agriculture sector plunges 50%; state sets ambitious targets for 2018-19

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Esha Mishra -
Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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