A CSTEP report aims to help Punjab meet its 2024 target of consuming 5.96 mn tonnes of rice straw via methods like converting stubble into energy for industries, power plants & brick kilns.
WTO's Committee on Agriculture met last week in Geneva. During this meeting, members could question each other on agricultural policies that potentially impacted trade.
An estimated '24.5 lakh farmers' will be transferred the amount under Rajiv Gandhi Kisan NYAY Yojana. Total input subsidy paid in 2023-24 'estimated to touch Rs 8,000 crore'.
Paper says eastern states get fraction of subsidies compared to northern states, and that Centre should focus on research and risk mitigation to deal with adverse climate events.
The West Bengal CM questioned the Centre on its implementation of the PM Kisan scheme a day after PM Modi slammed the Mamata govt for not implementing central schemes in the state.
With measures like MSP, India has been carefully treading the thin line between food and livelihood security and practices classified as 'trade distorting' under the WTO law.
Several members of the developed bloc have accused India & China of under-reporting their farm subsidies at WTO, which they believe distorts global trade.
Subsidy trap is suicidal as it makes governments believe they are doing enough for farmers. It fools farmers & keeps agricultural input industry within licence-quota-subsidy vortex.
The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.
Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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