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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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Opinion

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Prasanna Bachchhav -
Every other account is a bot or a person posting AI content, and social media is getting less social by the day.

Bangladesh lost on all fronts under Yunus. A herculean task awaits the new PM

Cautious optimism — India’s new relationship with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

Snehesh Alex Philip -
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.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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