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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicFarmer Debt

Topic: Farmer Debt

NSS survey on farmers is a mid-term report card of Modi’s promise, with ‘fail’ written over it

Yogendra Yadav -
The NSS survey conceals more than it reveals. It gives the impression that there is at least some progress. But that is misleading.

The naamdar knows nothing about farming & sheds crocodile tears for farmers, says PM Modi in Rajasthan

PTI -
Modi also said the Congress govt ignored recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission, while the BJP had increased minimum support price.

Will linking MSP with cost really have any benefits? No, say farmers & experts

Chitleen K Sethi -
Farmers' bodies and experts say the key to any benefit to farmers lies in how the production cost or the cost of cultivation is calculated.

Punjab farmers protest over flaws in loan waiver scheme before highly publicised rollout

Chitleen K Sethi -
CM Amarinder Singh will launch the scheme Sunday; farmers allege gross favouritism in selecting beneficiaries besides clerical errors in the lists.

If we can afford to recapitalise banks and a bullet train, why not MSP for farmers?

Yogendra Yadav -
This could be the first step in the right direction but it cannot solve all the farmers’ grievances,

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Economy

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

+TFP TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

Defence

What is ‘ROCKS’, India’s first air-launched quasi-ballistic missile

Snehesh Alex Philip -
A next generation extended stand-off air-to-surface missile test fired by IAF, ROCKS has been designed & manufactured by Israeli defence major Rafael, keeping India’s needs in mind.

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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