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TopicFarmers distress

Topic: Farmers distress

SubscriberWrites: Effects of Large Corporations on Indian and Worldwide Farmers

Due to the dominance of multinational agribusinesses, small-scale farmers have been sidelined more and more throughout the world.

Acres of wheat flattened by rain in Haryana. Farmers worry about aid, ICAR confident of 112 mn tonnes target

Farmers registered under PM insurance scheme say they’re not entitled to state govt relief while the latter says it has reopened its portal for beneficiaries.

New Maharashtra govt outreach to curb farmer suicides requires officials to spend time at farms

For 3 months starting September, officials involved in implementing policies impacting agriculture & farmers will spend 1-to-3 days each month with farmers to understand difficulties faced by them.

For Yavatmal farmers, Maharashtra Covid surge also brings back 2020 livelihood nightmare

With 47,288 new cases, Maharashtra continues to be ravaged by Covid. For farmers in water-starved Yavatmal, the possibility of another lockdown only makes matters worse.

All about the 3 Modi govt ordinances Haryana farmers are protesting against

While govt stated the ordinances will help move towards a more flexible system, the farmers argued that in the garb of the ordinances, govt is trying to do away with the MSP regime.

Why Indian farmers have stayed poor & how Modi govt’s latest initiatives can change that

In episode 471 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta discusses Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcement amending the Essential Commodities Act and the One Nation One Market policy.

How angry farmers voted is critical to Modi’s re-election bid

With crop prices depressed & farmers protesting & even committing suicide, Modi’s ability to hold on to these crucial voters is key to his victory

These Maharashtra drought-hit farmers don’t need banks & loans. They’re funding each other

Farmers helping farmers — this is the guiding principle of a club that seeks to free farmers from the cycle of debt and penury that has dogged Vidarbha for years.

Pulwama-Balakot helps Modi in polls — issues of farmers, jobs, Rafale don’t exist anymore

Once the political temperature is back to normal, it is disadvantage BJP — unless Imran Khan gifts this election to Modi by keeping the tension alive.

At the heart of potato farmer’s Rs 490 ‘gift’ to Modi, a crisis in India’s aloo mandi

Pradeep Sharma, a UP potato farmer, scored a profit of just Rs 490 on 19 tonnes of produce.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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

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

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

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

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