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Topic: Farm crisis

The story of Ramrao, a Vidarbha farmer who drank pesticide and lived

Jaideep Hardikar -
In ‘Ramrao’, Jaideep Hardikar breaks down India’s farm crisis through the story of a farmer who survived his suicide attempt.

New book by journalist Jaideep Hardikar puts a face to farmers’ suicides in Vidarbha

ThePrint Team -
'Ramrao: The Story of India’s Farm Crisis' by Jaideep Hardikar, published by HarperCollins India, will be released on 20 August on ‘SoftCover’.

Covid crisis has shown India’s food policy must have buffer stocks at community level too

Shalander Kumar -
Easing of lockdown restrictions to revive Indian economy may suggest end of Covid-19 ordeal for agriculture. But gaps in food value chains show fight is far from over.

Punjab and Haryana stare at massive farm crisis as lockdown leads to labour shortage

Chitleen K Sethi -
Punjab, Haryana need nearly 16 lakh farm hands, but there are no labourers — while most have returned to their home states, the seasonal labour isn’t able to come.

How new US algorithm can help India’s farmers make more profits, predict crop prices

Mohana Basu -
The algorithm, developed by analysing India's crop market prices for over 11 years, could help reduce farmer suicides by preventing financial distress.

Land reform a game-changer that Narendra Modi government has overlooked

Anirudh Burman -
It must be the core priority for any government that wants to improve the agricultural situation.

Growing food mountains mean India needs to move beyond shortage mentality

TN Ninan -
Hike in rice procurement prices & milk subsidies will encourage more output, when policy should be pointing farmers the other way.

Narendra Modi, it is time for you to listen to the farmers’ mann ki baat

Yogendra Yadav -
Selling crop at the government procurement mandis at officially mandated rates can best be described as a hurdle race for farmers.

‘Either there wasn’t an economist in Swaminathan panel, or he didn’t know economics’

Swapna Merlin -
Renowned agricultural economist Sardara Singh Johl takes on the father of Green Revolution, M. S. Swaminthan's idea of raising MSP 1.5 times the production costs.

Only 18% of Maharashtra’s cropped area is irrigated; we should not be surprised at the distress

Siraj Hussain -
It is nobody’s case that problems of agriculture can be fixed by soil health cards, loan waivers, crop insurance or e-NAM.
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What can be expected from the ongoing talks in Islamabad? Odds of resolution remain slim

Swasti Rao -
The initial ceasefire functioned less as a resolution and more as a pause—an opportunity for both sides to recalibrate, while claiming victory.

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Economy

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

Bloomberg News -
New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Defence

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

Snehesh Alex Philip -
This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

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